Why would he say "new snow and ice"? What does it suppose to mean?
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Native speaker’s answer
Rebecca
Good question! So, "new snow and ice" refers to the snow that fell and ice that formed recently in the area he is talking about - this makes it "new" snow and ice. It could be that the snow and ice weren't there before or that he could tell it was new because of the state it was in. Ex: Look over there in the garden! There's new grass growing in the patch that dried up. Ex: The new snow on the mountain was glistening white, opposed to the old snow that had melted away.