Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

A shallow early season snowpack exists. Conditions are mostly stable however isolated pockets of surface slabs with depths to ten inches lie above 9000 feet that could be triggered by skiers or hunters today in very steep wind loaded terrain. Such an event happened on Friday in Montana when two hunters were carried through rough terrain with a shallow snowpack.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Sunday looks to be mostly sunny and breezy. Temperatures on summits are to hold in the upper twenties where southwest winds are expected to average between twenty to thirty miles per hour. Valley temperatures are to reach the mid to upper thirties. The general avalanche hazard will be Low in western Wyoming. Isolated pockets of slab lie above 9000 feet in steep wind loaded terrain could be triggered by skiers or hunters. These slabs are small in size but deserve respect as even small slides can carry consequences particularly in these early season conditions when rocks and other ground features are more likely to cause trauma.