snowpack

[ snoh-pak ]

noun

1. the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.

snowpack

/ ˈsnəʊˌpæk /

noun

1. a quantity of fallen snow that has become massed together

snowpack

/ snō′păk′ /

1. An area of naturally formed, packed snow that usually melts during the warmer months.
2. The amount of snow that accumulates annually in a mountainous area.

Word History and Origins

Origin of snowpack¹

First recorded in 1945–50; snow + pack ¹

Example Sentences

The major man-made storage reservoirs are less than half full, and the planet’s natural storage—snowpack and soil moisture—are depleted, too.

From Outside Online

It should be warm enough in the afternoon, though, for a bit of that snowpack to start melting away.

From Washington Post

Should be warm enough in the afternoon, though, to start seeing a bit of that snowpack melt away.

From Washington Post

Gow was well-trained in understanding the complicated formula of weather, snowpack conditions and terrain that leads to avalanches.

From Time

I liked getting my ski legs under me on-area in December and January as I tuned into local avalanche advisories, asked questions, followed the weather, waited for the snowpack to deepen, and built a “season history” of the snowpack.

From Outside Online

In northeastern Yellowstone, the snowpack has declined 22 percent since 1975.

From The Daily Beast

The depth to which it sinks is considered the penetrability of the snowpack by a walking deer.

From Project Gutenberg