[request] Assuming fresh powdery snow, how deep would it have to be for the paratrooper to survive, if possible?

[u/Fizzerolli]

My son sent me this. My immediate thought based on nothing is that it’s unsurvivable regardless of the depth.

[u/xirdd]

There’s a story stating that the russians used this technique during the Winter War to deploy troops to the Finnish front. It worked well until the Finns started painting rocks white.

Completely false, of course, but that shouldn’t stop a good story from being told.