The best snow conditions: 4" of fresh dry snow on top of pavement (or dirt) that has been at 20F for 2 weeks.
The worst snow conditions: Anything that sticks around for longer than 5 weeks, with fresh snow on top of partly melted glaciers every week since Christmas and another one on the way for the weekend (Storm #6)...35 days of snow on the ground with no end in sight.
I'm going to kill that groundhog!