Originally Posted by Ken Cox
Well, on any given ride, here, I see everything from bare pavement to white ice, to black ice, to graded and packed snow, to fluffy/crunchy/mushy snow, to freshly fallen powder; all on one ride.
On my one real snow ride this year, I saw all of the same as your description. It seems the only way to deal with conditions like that are to run tires for the worst conditions.