Togwotee Pass

The general avalanche hazard is MODERATE. New snow rests on slick sun crusts and soft slabs to a foot in depth could be human triggered on steep, avalanche-prone slopes below ridge tops or cliffs. Buried layers of surface hoar and depth hoar persist in the snowpack. The potential remains for humans to trigger deeper slab avalanches up to three feet in depth on these persistent weak layers. Sunshine will rapidly warm the new snow and slides will be easier to trigger. Avoid steep, sunlit slopes in the afternoon.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )A cold front will move over the region Monday night with light snow expected. The snowfall will taper off by Tuesday morning as high pressure ridging builds into the area. Skies will be partly cloudy Tuesday with morning lows in the single digits and daytime highs reaching the low 20s. Winds along the ride tops will be southwesterly at 20 miles per hour.The general avalanche hazard is expected to be Considerable. The light density storm snow will be easily drifted onto lee slopes increasing the size and sensitivity of slabs. Backcountry travelers in the Tetons can expect to find easily triggered soft slabs and sloughs to two feet in depth on steep slopes of all aspects. Any periods of sunshine will increase the sensitivity of slides. Sloughs that occur naturally may rapidly entrain dangerous volumes of snow. At lower elevations continued cool temperatures should result in a mostly stable snowpack. In the southwest Trails and Continental Divide areas deeper weak layers in the snowpack could result in human triggered deeper slabs to two feet in depth or more on very steep terrain.