Peaking early: Snow starting to show up Colorado’s 14ers as summer draws to a close

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Pikes Peak isn’t the only high-country mountain starting to turn white before the aspens turn yellow. It snowed on top of the appropriately-named Snowmass Mountain near Aspen on Aug. 23.

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We'll, that didn't take long. It's September 1st and winter has returned to the summit of Pikes Peak. These images, captured around 11:15 pm, are courtesy of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway and the City of Colorado Springs. The temperature at the time of these images was 30°. #cowx

10:27 PM - Sep 1, 2018

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Snowfall at the end of summer isn’t unusual for Colorado’s highest elevations, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo, although the heavier snows that bring inches and even feet of accumulation to the mountain peaks probably won’t start until October.

Once the snowfall starts, visitors to Colorado’s fourteeners should expect snow at the top until April or even May.

https://theknow.denverpost.com/2018/09/06/snow-colorado-14ers/194703/

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