Here and there patches of snow lay on the ground.
Higher in the low mountains, I could see patches of snow.
"Unless we get high enough to find snow patches, we're seeing just about the last of the water."
Well, Pat, as you can see, there are patches of snow on the ground.
Far below he could see patches of snow, bare trees.
There were some patches of snow, and you would go between them.
Generally, the flight period begins when snow patches are still on the ground.
Even the patches of snow - the ones that lasted all through the summer - were known to her.
There were patches of snow on the hard, pitted earth.
The dog led them through the woods until they found an open patch of snow below the rocks.