Mid afternoon snow conditions question?

It really depends on the conditions, the resort, and the traffic. If you get a dump of fresh snow after the hill has been groomed, then later in the day that fresh snow will be all worked up into natural moguls. It can be a lot of fun! IT happens in the spring because the snow is so soft - in mid-winter the "machine groomed granular" is very hard and does not work into moguls as quickly.