Snow as far as the eye could see, snow and high mountains , hills of ice, great frozen lakes, turbulent waterfalls and rivers brought to still amidst their furious motion, snowflakes fell from the sky constantly, pale white cloud unleashing hail, graupel and ice pellets, most often all forms of solid precipitation was falling everywhere at any given time.
Storms of snow and thunder were incredibly common, the wind howling like a thousand damned souls as it rolled in between the great peaks.
Marching through the snow, where every step could be one's last, deep chasm and frozen ponds may be hidden anywhere under a thick layer, a serious injury was dangerous in such an extreme environment, but getting wet was much worse as even without it, one was prone to quickly developing frostbites.