corn snow


nounSkiing.
  1. snow in the form of small pellets or grains produced by the alternate melting and freezing of a snow layer.

Origin of corn snow

1
First recorded in 1930–35

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British Dictionary definitions for corn snow

corn snow

noun
  1. skiing, US and Canadian granular snow formed by alternate freezing and thawing

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