Gaining Fatigue while walking

[Hyukoroo]

Hello all, I hope to get something more of a general response and or experience share here with this. I have a new character and just began walking until i located a rapids just to see how things work and noticed that my character has 47% fatigue. Now to provide some context, I did play this game both off and on steam and am not sure if that would play a part in it but i recall that you did not have this happen before in earlier builds of the game. Is this normal, something that is new or is it not something of a game mechanic but rather a very odd quirk?

[Plotinus]

Is there snow on the ground? You can look with F3. If you did a Spring start, the snow probably hasn't melted yet

[Hyukoroo]

Aaaaaaah so it is a game mechanic, alrighty. thank you good friend for the info. So snow travel without snowshoes IS what it was. I had a feeling but did not want to assume XD

[JP_Finn]

There's no "snow shoes"* in base game, just skis.
Deeper the snow, more and faster fatigue builds up. And higher encumbrance can really cause the fatigue to skyrocket.
Early mornings often have a hard crust that's able to carry person, once sun goes up, the crust can thaw to thin or even all gone, and won't be able to carry person any longer.

*One could mod the game to have snow shoes, but they'd be as fast as skis, which is unreasonable.