Togwotee Pass

The snowpack is mostly stable. Gusty northwest winds are forming small pockets of new wind slab up to a foot in depth. A human who triggers one of these slabs in very steep terrain could get knocked over and carried down a steep chute or over a cliff band. Watch out for unstable snow on isolated terrain features.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )A fast-moving cold front will bring gusty northwest winds and 3 to 6 inches of snow to the higher elevations overnight. Convective snow showers and snow banding could bring higher snowfall totals to isolated areas. Skies will slowly clear out on Monday as snow shower activity diminishes. Temperatures will fall into the single digits by daybreak. During the day they will rise into the single digits in the mountains and into the 20’s in the valleys.At the upper elevations the new snow and strong winds will begin to form small pockets of new wind slab on leeward aspects. A human who triggers one of these fresh slabs in very steep terrain could get knocked over and carried down a steep chute or over a cliff band. In the Teton Range these new soft slabs will be forming on a snowpack that is mostly stable. The general avalanche hazard there is expected to be low. Watch out for unstable snow on isolated terrain features. In the Togwotee Pass and Greys River areas the general avalanche hazard is expected to be moderate above an elevation of 8,500 feet and low below that elevation. At the higher elevations in those areas some potential may remain for snowmachines to trigger large slab avalanches on steep active avalanche prone slopes.