Under the thin layer of snow the soil is more gray than brown.
Then the dirt, and finally a layer of snow, all faded into nothing.
In local winter, layers of ice and snow build up on the surface.
As she stepped out onto the park, her feet disturbed the layer of snow on the ground.
There had been a heavy layer of snow in the night.
A light layer of snow covered the ground, and the trees grew almost right up to the house.
My car had a fresh layer of snow, six inches anyway.
The streets were covered in a fresh layer of snow.
Even under a heavy layer of snow, the streets looked mean to Nate.
A thin layer of snow did indeed cover the ground.