Indeed. if You look at where jim is from, they're going to have less cold, and more moisture - likely wet snow. That's very different from an east side of the rockies deeply cold, a dry cold, with dry powdery snow.

There is a HUUUUGE difference between being out in wet snow versus cold dry snow.

Being in Minnesota (that's what MN is - right?) depending on where you are you're probably more of the dry snow and deep cold than the huge wet dumps. Heck you're only just south of
Winterpeg which is even colder than where I am