On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:54:36 -0500, DSK wrote:

Well, OK, maybe I exaggerate.

Then again, maybe not:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_297.html

And here is a revision of the same issue, including comments
from a native Koniaq Eskimo who calls the Straight Dope
author a dumb redneck (amusing in itself, but unfortunately
she doesn't say how many words for snow there are in her
language)
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010202.html

Skiers have a pretty good snow vocabulary also, e.g.:

dry powder

deep powder

wet powder (an oxymoron)

packed powder

machine made

hard pack

granular

frozen granular

loose granular (corn)

wind blown

wind blown with crust

I'd guess that the inuit have some corresponding terms for all but the
"machine made", and maybe some that I've never encountered.