The first day of fall isn’t for another week, but the first signs of winter can already be seen covering the highest points of Wyoming.

Drivers making the Monday morning commute over Togwotee Pass were greeted by a flurry of light, wet snow near Wind River Lake.

“It wasn't much, but the trees and grass had snow on them,” said Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day. “The shorter days and longer nights are starting to add up, so you're getting cold enough at night and in the mornings for snow levels to get lower and lower.”

A dusting of snow has already been spotted in mountain ranges across western Wyoming, and between 1 and 6 inches of snow is expected to fall on the Beartooth Highway between Monday night and Wednesday.

There have already been forecasts for an early onset of

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