Here is an image that is hard for meters do deal with - bright, sunlit snow. Indeed, I dialed in 1.33 Exposure compensation to help the meter read this scene.

EXIF data ->
f11.0
1/40th
ISO 100

Sunny 16 ->
f11
1/50
ISO 100

This image is confusing at first, because f11 at 1/50th is two whole stops faster than required for a sunlit object. But the skier's faces are NOT SUNLIT, the faces are in the shade, and shaded objects require 3 stops more than sunlit. I actually only gave two stops more exposure due to the high reflectance from the surrounding snow. SO - shadowed subjects f11 ISO 100 1/50th is pretty good in the snow.

Here is an image that is hard for meters do deal with - bright, sunlit snow. Indeed, I dialed in 1.33 Exposure compensation to help the meter read this scene.

EXIF data ->
f11.0
1/40th
ISO 100

Sunny 16 ->
f11
1/50
ISO 100

This image is confusing at first, because f11 at 1/50th is two whole stops faster than required for a sunlit object. But the skier's faces are NOT SUNLIT, the faces are in the shade, and shaded objects require 3 stops more than sunlit. I actually only gave two stops more exposure due to the high reflectance from the surrounding snow. SO - shadowed subjects f11 ISO 100 1/50th is pretty good in the snow.