To get good winter conditions for a rally you need:
- Wet weather with rain.
- 1-2 weeks of -5 to -10 C barefrost (no snow) to get a good ice base.
- 1-2 weeks of Snow, preferably 1 meter + to get ok snow banks.
- 1-2 weeks of cold weather and usage of roads to compress snow.
- Rally 9-12 feb, sub zero temp.

So you need 3-6 weeks of teamplay with mother nature to get optimum conditions for a winter rally.
So if we use this recepie, we need to get "started" best case soon, and worst case mid january!