A term of Native American origin used for ice fogs occurring in mountain valleys of the western United States. Found on http://www.stormfax.com/wxwords.htm
pogonip 1. Dense fog of suspended ice particles; an Indian word for the formation of frost on trees but not on the ground; etymology, Shoshone pakenappeh (or some other American Indian language) which means 'white death'. 2. Pogonip, or 'ice fog', results in a phenomenon called 'hoarfrost', which is a deposit of interlocking ice crystals on object... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1716/2