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Because it's cold up there. The atmosphere gets colder at high altitudes so the snow doesn't melt as quickly as lower altitudes. But why is it colder? Because the atmosphere is less dense than at sea level. This explains why the air is colder. But why is the GROUND colder? I presume because at sea level, there is an equilibrium (approx) maintained between the ground and the air, while higher up, the air is less dense and so the sun's radiation that arrives to the ground (mountain) is absorbed by the Earth and that ground remains cold enough to support snow. Is this correct, anyone?
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoBecause the farther up in the atmosphere you are the colder it is and cold causes snow
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∙ 12y ago- because its higher up. the sun heats up the earth, and the earth keeps that heat, so the further away you get from the earth the colder it is
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∙ 14y agoIts snows more in the mountains because its higher up land than flat land so therefore higher land gets more snow if there are snow showers.
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∙ 13y agothey have high altitude but not all mountains are snowy
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∙ 11y agoThe air gets colder at high altitudes. Sunlight warms the ground, and high altitudes are farther from that warmth.
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∙ 14y agoTemp is lower at higher elevations.
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