Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

The General Avalanche Hazard remains MODERATE. Soft surface slabs 6 to 18 inches in depth lie upon an unstable base of weak faceted snow. On steep slopes this snowpack could fail to the ground under the weight of a skier, snowmachine or groups of skiers or snowmachines. Unstable slopes may be crossed multiple times before a weak spot is hit and the slopes fail.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Skies are expected to be partly cloudy. A slight chance of post frontal snow showers will last until Friday afternoon. Temperatures will drop to near zero Thursday night and rise into the teens in the mountains on Friday. The northeast winds will relax and became light and variable.The general avalanche hazard is expected to be MODERATE on Friday. Skiers and riders could trigger soft surface slabs 6 to 18 inches deep on steep wind loaded aspects. The potential persist for humans especially those on snowmachines to trigger dangerous deep slabs on very steep slopes underlain by weak faceted snow.