Originally Posted by
pontifex
...the excuse "the wrong kind of snow" does have some validity. We hear much about Calgary, Helsinki and Zurich and their snow clearing efficiencies, but their temperatures are very much lower than we get.
This is yet another Urban Myth for me to overcome. Yes, at these places the nadir is well below what might be experienced in Britain, accompanied by dry, powdery snow (ie no good for snowballs). But in the shoulders of the winter, in November-December, or in March, the temperatures are very much what we currently have in London - just the quantities of "British style" saturated snow are much more than we get.