What other tips do you have for the white fluffy stuff? Anything is appreciated!
Good stuff from ironhippy.
Going alone is not recommended, but if you can't help yourself (like me) I think I can offer some tips from experience. All the standard stuff applies -- communications, insulation, calories, etc., but also make sure you bring a shovel. You can get out of a lot of stuff with a shovel and some patience.
This is from the standpoint of snow from about 1/2 to a little more than 1 foot deep so you'd want to be aired down since there would be a possibility of needing the flotation.
Be aware that traction and steering control in snow are not as good in reverse as going forward. Not exactly sure why traction is worse, but in my setup it is for sure. Maybe it's tied to the inferior steering control. In any event, this makes slight grades with deep snow something to keep an eye on. If you're, say, cautiously testing the waters in fresh snow on a slight downhill grade with the expectation of being able to back out if it gets too deep, you may not have the reverse traction you expect even with the advantage of self made tracks behind you. In a situation like that, you can use the shovel to facilitate a little motion that will let you gain some momentum and hopefully back out. Traction seems to be the main problem backing up slope but steering, too, can get funky and put you in a worse position if you're not careful. If that seems likely or you have a long way to go and the road bed is suitably wide, you can use the shovel to facilitate a little movement and then start flattening a wide area in the snow by driving back and forth. Eventually, you can use the churned and smoothed area to get turned around so you can go forward up the grade. You don't have to do it that way to get turned around but I'd rather let the truck do the snow work when possible. Slight uphill grades are fun because recovery is kind of built in. Just back out. If, by that point, you haven't developed the habit of constantly taking note of turn around spots, you will real quick. Take care, though, when the uphill gets steeper because possible lack of steering control backing down can make things interesting quick. If there is noticeable side slope involved don't even try it unless you're sure you can make the top. You don't want to be in that situation and then find out the snow conditions are slicker than you thought.
Not a bad idea to have chains with you (that you know how to put on) for some extra capability should you need it, but if you're alone, don't use them for general wheeling. They just get you more stuck. The shovel helps there a lot too. Chains are pretty easy to put on with the snow all cleared away around the tire.
If you're going down, say, a forest road in fairly deep snow but it already has tracks, it's easy to get too comfortable with speed, lose your steering, and get buried on the side. If that happens, you'll be glad you didn't forget the shovel. Sometimes it's easier to just plow the snow where there are no tracks. Makes the truck work hard, though, so unless it's for a short time, you'll want to be in low range for sure. The torque converter will lock in 4th gear and in 4th gear low the truck is capable of quite a bit of work before it needs to downshift.
