Togwotee Pass

The general avalanche hazard is LOW rising to MODERATE by afternoon. Above freezing overnight temperatures and warm forecasted highs will weaken the snowpack increasing the chance of wet snow avalanches. Non-supportable crusts are a good indication it is time to get off steep slopes.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )A Pacific system will begin to affect the area Wednesday afternoon with scattered snow showers above 9500 feet and cooling temperatures. Morning lows will be in the upper 20s then warm to the low 50s ahead of the distrurbance. Winds will be southerly at 10 miles per hour increasing in the evening. Radiation cooling will re-establish firm crusts overnight. Multiple melt-freeze cycles have developed a mostly stable snowpack at all elevations. There will be some chance of wet avalanche activity Wednesday as the snowpack heats before the weather changes. Unsupportable crusts area a good warning to get off steep slopes. The avalanche danger is expected to be LOW.