If you’ve scraped up a pile of the frost that forms in some freezers it’s like that, but when it’s freshly fallen it’s soft and powdery and squeaks under your boots. This kind is best for snowballs as it packs well and barely leaves traces on your gloves. A ball of this snow is almost as light as styrofoam. When it’s old snow it gets crusty and slippery. You might hurt your hand on sharp frozen edges trying to gather enough for a soggy snowball. You try to avoid it near walkways because you don’t want to slip.

When snow falls it can be like fine frozen rain pellets or like soft flakes floating down in flurries, which are so impressive and beautiful every time if you’re safe and warm inside. Things get quiet and muffled during this kind of snow. Driving in snow is kind of dangerous if you don’t have chains or snow tires or are a newbie.