Sulz snow

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Sulzschnee (regionally also Sulchschnee ) is the name for snow of a certain consistency: By warming a snow cover to approx. 0 degrees with warm air, rain or sunlight, a film of water is created on the surface of the ice crystals. Repeated melting and re-freezing results in coarse-grain sulz snow with a grain diameter greater than 1 mm.

All new and Altschneekristalle can directly - without going through the off and constructive conversion are converted into corn snow -. On the surface of the snowpack, exposure to sunlight or rain often creates crust , which forms a hard intermediate layer when snowed in. At least one year old Sulzschnee is called firn (from the Swiss färn = previous year).

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