Congrats! It really is a beautiful shot, I love this kind of natural photography and I'm envious to have missed shooting our first snow. I won't miss the second!
As I said on the other snowy woodland photo from this contest I'm quite jealous that you managed to get out and shoot just as the conditions were right, I missed them myself and will have to wait for the next snowfall. This is an interesting composition with the hill and the horizon requiring the viewer to spend a good amount of time exploring every detail and line.
I think it would have been a much better fit for the theme had the path in front not been previously disturbed, a fresh blanket of snow would've made it more impressive IMO. Good shot but it has some tough competition, good luck!