DENVER (AP) -- Visitors to Pikes Peak should be ready for snow.

The National Weather Service is forecasting 6 to 12 inches of snow at the highest elevations of Pikes Peak through Tuesday morning. A winter weather advisory for Pikes Peak above 11,000 feet is in effect until 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Snow was already falling Monday in Chaffee County, where four inches of new snow was reported west of Buena Vista.

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