[TXnMA]

To be specific, that is primarily higher potential energy, (due to height and gravity) -- right?

[LomanBill]

[To be specific, that is primarily higher potential energy, (due to height and gravity) — right? ]

Correct.

[D-fendr]

Off topic, but...

Potential energy strikes me as a different kind of scientific attribute.

The snow that has higher potential energy has no measurable quantity any different from snow with less. I believe it is correct to say that potential energy is impossible to detect with the senses or their extensions.