Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

Recent new snow has accumulated on firm old snow surfaces. Shallow, loose snow sluffs and isolated pockets of shallow soft slab less than foot deep could be triggered by skiers and riders in very steep terrain. Mostly stable snow exists beneath the new/old snow interface.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )A brief break between weak weather systems will occur overnight. Skies will be mostly clear until midnight. Moisture, clouds and warm air aloft will begin to move into the region during the early morning hours. Temperatures should be inverted at daybreak with lows in the coldest valley locations in the single digits and temperatures at 10,500 feet near 20 degrees. Light snowfall or flurries will begin in the mountains at daybreak and become widespread during the day with accumulations of two to three inches possible by sunset. Temperatures will rise into the 20s. Winds will be southerly at five miles per hour and veer towards the southwest and increase to 12 miles per hour in the afternoon.The general avalanche hazard is expected to remain LOW in all areas except for the upper elevations of the Togwotee Pass region where the hazard will be MODERATE. Hard slab avalanches up to three feet in depth could be human triggered on north facing slopes in isolated areas above an elevation of 9,000 feet in the Togwotee Pass area.