Light sources, like torches, don't melt snow layers like they should. I saw similar issues reported, but they were resolved as of the latest version, but in 1.17.0, this is still a bug.
MCPE-131894
Light doesn't melt snow layers on latest version
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We're tracking this issue in MCPE-131272, so this ticket is being resolved and linked as a duplicate.
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