Do you want to shoot slide film or negative film? Will it be scanned? Colour or B&W? What sort of meter are you using?
I guess that you will be using negative film in your Maxxum, and using the camera's meter.
Negative film will give you the greatest amount of latitude - ie it will record the most detail in the highlights and shadows (more than digital) and give you some latitude for exposure error. Slide film does not give you so much latitude.
Having said that, nearly all the photos I've taken in snow have been on slide film. There are a few in my portfolio - look under 'Hills'. I have hundreds more like those, and I'll add some if I get the chance. I usually meter off the palm of my hand (with my palm in the sun, facing the camera), and don't adjust the reading. The recommendation in the referenced thread to open up one or two stops from a reading on your hand will give blown-out highlights. Better advice would be to open up two stops from a snow reading. However, if you look through my snaps taken in snow, you will see that no single technique will work for all occasions. Sometimes an unadjusted snow reading is what you want. It's all down to remembering that whatever you point your meter at will be recorded as mid-grey if you use the unadjusted reading.
If you are shooting at medium or high altitude I would suggest that you use at least a Skylight 1A filter or preferably an 81A (KR1.5) if you are using colour film. For B&W the equivalent would be a light yellow, but you could use the 1A or 81A.
I've used ISO 64 film for most of my pictures in the hills. There's not much need for anything faster than 100 or 160 for most purposes. If you are scanning, Kodak Ultra 100 would be a good choice, as would Fuji Pro 160S. They both have a huge amount of latitude.
Best,
Helen
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