powderhound

plural powderhounds

1. slangA skiing enthusiast.

   Miramartian Geiger, the powderhound, has never been married.

   2008 January 6, Allen Salkin, “Oh, My Poor Arthritic Ski Club”, in New York Times

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   But it's the rare chance for above-tree line skiing that draws backcountry powderhounds to the gulf again and again.

   1992, “Gulf of New Hampshire”, in Backpacker, volume 20, number 119, page 84