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English term or phrase:	corn snow
Dutch translation:	firnsneeuw
Entered by:	Kate Hudson

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English term or phrase: corn snow

(In a skiing text.)

"Corn snow (a popular springtime snow) is snow that has survived two or more thawing and refreezing cycles."

It is different from "saturated snow", which is snow with a higher water content, also popular for springtime skiing.

Corn Snow - Typically seen during spring conditions, corn snow results from cycles of nightly freezing and daily thawing. This snow is wet and granular, and as it melts more in the day it may become sloppy and heavy.
http://skiing.about.com/od/skiingglossary/g/cornsnow.htm

After extensive dictionary-ing and googling, I'm still not sure what to call this. It's not the same as crust (see here: http://www.abc-van-skien.nl/algemeen/soorten-sneeuw.asp) which appears to be a Dutch term, but I can't figure out an equivalent for it... Help?

Emma Rault KudoZ activity Questions: 140 (6 open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 0 United Kingdom
Local time: 21:11

firnsneeuw

Explanation:

Wat is 'firn'?
Zowaar staat er op de Nederlandse wikipedia een heel aardige definitie van firn: "Firn is een grofkorrelige substantie bestaande uit een sneeuw en ijs, die ontstaat door het beurtelings ontdooien en bevriezen van de bovenste sneeuwlaag in zogenaamde firnbekkens." Tja, maar wat heb je daar nu als pisteskiër aan? Welnu... in feite is oudere meervoudig geprepareerde pistesneeuw niets anders dan... kunstfirn!

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http://www.wintersporters.nl/weblog/614/voorjaarsski�n_hoe_en_...

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Sneeuw sport - wintersport,frankrijk,oostenrijk,zwitserland,italie ... - [ Translate this page ]
Veel skiërs kijken jaarlijks weer uit naar het bijna gewichtloos over de fijne laag firnsneeuw te glijden. Met een skigids is het helemaal genieten, ...
www.sneeuwsport.info/oostenrijk/stanton.htm

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Local time: 22:11

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firnsneeuw

Kate Hudson

geleisneeuw

Marjolein Keyer

korrelsneeuw

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korrelsneeuw

Explanation:
zoiets...

Reference: http://www.encyclo.nl/begrip/korrelsneeuw

Riens Middelhof
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geleisneeuw

Explanation:
Geeft slechts 1 treffer op Google, maar wellicht het juiste woord. Zie omschrijving in de voorbeeldzin hieronder.
Succes!

Example sentence(s):

Bij opwarming van de sneeuwkristallen, door de zon of regen, ontstaat aan de oppervlakte een waterfilm. Door meerdere keren smelten en opvriezen ontstaat er grof korrelige geleisneeuw met een doorsnede groter dan 1mm.

Reference: http://home.tiscali.nl/toerskien/Gidsje_Sneeuwkunde.htm

Marjolein Keyer
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firnsneeuw

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