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Because it’s a darker color than the snow and ice, which means it reflects less (and absorbs more) light and heat than the surrounding snow and ice and can warm up to the point where the individual grit grains melt the snow and ice around them. Get enough grains of grit and enough sunlight and you can melt a lot of snow and ice. .
