I'm one of those that hates goretex in my boots (I wear Merrell Ventilator mid's).

You might try some Sealskinz socks (sealskinz.com) inside your trail shoes. I don't get that much snow around here to test them in but I do get plenty of wet, cold, rainy mud and they do well.
Here's a link to a US distributor:
http://www.danalco.com/htmls/products/products.shtml

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