Snow tops Pikes Peak

Tim Le, Ben Waters and Crystal Hansen look out over the clouds covering Colorado Springs from the summit of Pikes Peak on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. The sun occasionally broke through the clouds on top of the mountain. (The Gazette, Nadav Soroker) (NADAV SOROKER, THE GAZETTE)

David Graebner arrives at the Devil’s Playground on his way up Pikes Peak on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Graebner and Samantha Helmer started the hike at 7:30 a.m. (The Gazette, Nadav Soroker) (NADAV SOROKER, THE GAZETTE)

Will Wheatley, 9, throws a large chunk of snow while his sister, Emma Wheatley, and father, Paul Wheatley, take pictures at the summit of Pikes Peak on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. The Wheatleys were on their way back to Atlanta on the tail end of a two-week road trip. (The Gazette, Nadav Soroker) (NADAV SOROKER, THE GAZETTE)

Yellow aspens dot the hillside before a snowy Pikes Peak on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. (The Gazette, Nadav Soroker) (NADAV SOROKER, THE GAZETTE)

Bryan Hale walks along the shore of Crystal Creek Reservoir while waiting for fish to bite on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. The road up to Pikes Peak emerges from the clouds beyond the reservoir. (The Gazette, Nadav Soroker) (NADAV SOROKER, THE GAZETTE)

Aspens change color along the shore of the Crystal Creek Reservoir as snow caps Pikes Peak on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. (The Gazette, Nadav Soroker) (NADAV SOROKER, THE GAZETTE)

Kellie Severe and her grandfather Terry Miller warm up in the Summit House as Cog Railway riders disembark at Pikes Peak on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Severe and Miller came from Amarillo for vacation. (The Gazette, Nadav Soroker) (NADAV SOROKER, THE GAZETTE)

A car drives up the road to Pikes Peak while the Pikes Peak Cog Railway climbs up behind it on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. (The Gazette, Nadav Soroker) (NADAV SOROKER, THE GAZETTE)

Colorado Springs Gazette

Snow tops Pikes Peak

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