SEATTLE -- Some of the Cascades have changed color as several inches of snow has fallen at Stevens Pass with snow forecasted over the next several days.

Snow wasn't expected to reach the 4,000 foot level, KIRO 7 reporter Chris Legeros, said Wednesday that there are four inches of snow on the ground at the base of the ski area and five or six inches at the top. With temperatures near freezing, the snow is sticking around.

"It's not unusual for us to get this snow early, but it's unusual for us to get this much," said Chris Rudolph, an employee at Stevens Pass.

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This isn’t the first snow of the season; the pass had a dusting in late September.

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Scattered showers are expected over the mountains as Seattle sees partly sunny skies Wednesday.

A system moving southeast from the Gulf of Alaska will bring showers and cooler weather Thursday as it crosses the region, said the National Weather Service.

Further south near Mount Rainer, photos captured the first snow of the season to fall at the base of Crystal Mountain.