Wonderful… flying near mountains in or around the winter is a much nicer picture than in the summer.
Goose Bay Canada.
On Saturday 8 days ago, I had for the first time the opportunity to fly over my area covered in snow.
Less spectacular than Goose Bay 
but some pretty pictures still :
LFPT in the background, note only one runway was powed out of 2.
Ours friends and neighbors of LFPA stayed at the club the whole weekend !!
Chantilly and its chateau :
My first off-road track with a Cessna ! (my first ever actually)
Beautiful…
We have not had any significant snow here for years.
Thank you !
It was not planned at all, but after all the snow we had, I couldn’t imagine not flying before the snow melted (which it did 2 days after).
Last snow like this was in 2013 here, and I had missed it.
Sometimes winter flying means it is really cold in the aircraft.
It is time to dig out this thread…
Someone said starting below 0C is a no-no but the link above (Mike Busch) reckons down to -7C is “ok”.
Why it is problematic bellow -7?
Engine temperature shock? (one can warm up slowly later)
Solid state oil or ineadequate grade? (this will be tricky to solve without a heater)
You can also argue about fuel or water freezing/exapanding in the tanks? (I know the later is far more problematic for “fantastic plastic” aircrafts)
Any other risks?
The reasons are above. Bearing clearances gradually disappearing, supposedly.
I don‘t like special stuff and use away from home just the same ordinary 20 quid ceramics heater and a small portable Honda power generator.
