Ispy with my naked eye patches of white amid the shadowy terrain of the north face of Pikes Peak, which is visible from some neighborhoods in Teller County.

But in late August, the cold white stuff we see is left over from last winter, since snow that falls in warmer months disappears quickly.

Not only are the icy remnants not fresh, they’re also not fluffy nor particularly pretty. That doesn’t stop Pikes Peak Highway tourists from marveling about it, or lowlanders in sight of the alluring 14,115-foot peak from talking about it.

Cavernous gaps in the Pikes Peak granite are magnets for snow to collect, harden like the rock around it and stay put year-round, says Skyler Rorabaugh, manager of the 19-mile winding road to the summit, which the city of Colorado Springs owns and maintains.

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