Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

The general avalanche hazard is CONSIDERABLE. Yesterday a skier was completely buried and rescued unharmed in a slide on a northeast aspect of Starvation Peak in the Snake River Range and another skier was caught and carried but not injured in a slide in Granite Canyon in Grand Teton National Park. Both slides were skier triggered by the third person on the slope, failed on surfaces formed in mid January and ran long distances. Strong southwest to northwest winds have formed soft surface slabs up to three feet deep. These slabs lie upon slick sliding surfaces and are likely to be easily triggered today. Some potential also persists for deep old hard slabs up to six feet in deep to be human triggered.