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Skiers and snowboarders in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the midwest can encounter a wide range of snow conditions over the course of a season. Some of the more common conditions include:
  • Powder: Light fluffy,snow, often encountered soon after a snowfall.
  • Packed Powder: Powder snow that has been packed by snow grooming equipment or skiers.  
  • Granular snow: Small pellets or cystals. W wet granular snow — meaning that there is a considerable amount of unfrozen water in it, or loose granular snow, which has no unfrozen water. Wet granular snow canl be formed into a snowball; loose granular snow can't.

  • Ice: Conditions that leave the ski slope very hard can be called "ice."
  • Crust: Soft snow covered by a hard upper surface. 
  • Dust on Crust: a sma¥ll accumulation of new snow on top of crust.  Not good.

  • Corn snow: Snotwconditions that result from repeated thaws and re-freezing of the surface.
  • Spring Conditions: This usually meand that several different snow types can be found at the resort. 
 
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