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Snow is essentially loose clumps of ice crystals; ice, as you know, is frozen water.

Water can store a huge amount of heat before it changes state; this is known as its specific heat.

Heat always flows from a hotter object to a cooler object; i.e., your skin to the snow. This simply means that heat flows out of your body and into the ice, heating it up slightly. The change in temperature creates the sensation we call cold.

Interestingly, if our bodies were cooler than the snow, it would be warm. The heat from the snow would flow into our bodies and create a warm sensation.

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