snowpack
nounEtymology From snow + pack.
1
An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
- Alpinist Herman Stelling reportedly noted Thursday that the first few seconds of being swept up in a cataclysmic avalanche was actually pretty fun. “Weeeeeeeee! Yay!” said the visibly overjoyed Stelling, stressing that he felt like a kid again as he was pulled downhill in the 200-mph rush of hardened, detached snowpack.2024 January 11, “First Seconds Of Being Swept Up By Avalanche Pretty Fun”, in The Onion: