An excellent article on UK Climbing about runners in winter hill conditions. I implore all runners of all experiences to read, digest and share. Proper winter conditions require experience much more akin to winter mountaineering than summer running and it can get dangerous very quickly.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/..._runners-13243
It even delineates between Fell Runners and Ultra/Trail runners, which makes my heart sing. I'm getting a lot more useful posts from UKC than from anywhere else at the moment
I consider myself a very experienced Fell Runner, especially when the chips are down and the weather comes in, but I am very aware of my limitations when it gets properly wintery. I generally stick to enjoying the snow on flatter, lower hills, on pathed terrain that I know well, carrying a much bigger bag than usual (though still much smaller than a walker). It's also an excuse to pack in pork pies and proper cakes, instead of caramel wafer and gels!
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