Memories:

 There are some things that I miss about living in the mountains of  Colorado and strapping on snow shoes and going for a hike on 3-5' of snow is one of them. The crisp dry air, the quiet, the trees and the freshness of the snow, the smell of the trees is one of them. 

The shoveling of snow is a ways down the list of things I enjoyed along with the wind blowing snow and drifting.  In fact those are right at the bottom of the list.