Country Dictionary

A fork of Rural Dictionary

Snow Safety

Snow Safety is the practice of monitoring and controlling snow avalanches for public safety and to protect structures in areas prone to avalanches. Snow Safety Teams are part of Federal Governmental AgenciesState Governmental Agencies such as State Highway Departments, Ski Resorts, Helicopter Ski Operations, Mountain mining operations and more... Snow Safety Teams use a variety of methods to stabalize the snowpack and or force it to slide using explosives, ski cutting, boot packing and more...

The Head of Snow Safety for the ski resort decided to close the upper mountain so the trollers could shoot down that avalanche using a Avalauncher. That sucks for us cuz there's 3' feet of fresh pow up top, dude.

by The Snow Prophet May 13, 2010

double heel ejection

The event resulting when a skier blows out of both ski bindings at the heel pieces in a forward fall.

Shit son, I stuffed my ski tips into that bump and had a double heel ejection. The powder was so deep, my skis went submarine and I did a double heel ejection.

by The Snow Prophet May 12, 2010

boards

Slang used to describe a pair of skis used for the sport of snow skiing.

Somebody ripped-off my new boards!

by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010

gillnet

Brightly colored, nylon fencing. used by ski resorts to slow skier and snowboarder traffic. Usually orange, gillnetting is placed on ski trails to direct skiers and snowboarder traffic flow as well as establishing slow skiing zones.

The ski patrol set out gillnet at the bottom of the Cramner Ski Run at Winter Park, Colorado to slow down the skier trafic.

by The Snow Prophet May 12, 2010

tree skiing

Tree Skiing and riding is a popular ski related activity for expert skiers and snowboarders seeking less crowded areas and fresh snow. The SteamboatSki Resort in Steamboat Springs, Colorado is famous for its tree skiing, as are many other ski hills, including Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada.

Screw all these people out here today, let's duck into the woods and do some tree skiing.

by The Snow Prophet May 13, 2010

edge hold

Edge hold is used to describe a ski or snowboard performance characteristic. The term is used when describing the ability of a ski or snowboard to hold the arc of a turn on firm snow.

The ski shop tech said that these Fischer skis have incredible edge hold.

by The Snow Prophet May 12, 2010

Jackson Hole Air Force

The Jackson Hole Air Force is the name for a group of men who were ducking the rope and skiing outside the ski resort boundry at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in the years prior to such activities becoming legal. The movie, "Swift. Silent. Deep" follows the groups founding members with in-depth interviews and epic skiing footage.

The Jackson Hole Air Force is finally making a little money from their criminal skiing activity. God bless those bastards!

by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010