Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

Warm temperatures and sunshine could create shallow loose snow sluffs and will increase the potential for wet slides to occur on very steep slopes. At all elevations the hazard will be LOW during the morning hours while snow surfaces remain hard and frozen and will increase to MODERATE after significant softening of the snow surface has occurred. Human triggered wet slides are possbile on very steep slopes after snow surfaces soften.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )A mild westerly flow will bring mostly dry conditions to the region. Skies will be clear overnight with temperatures that are expected to drop into the 20s by dawn. Skies will be mostly sunny on Saturday with temperatures rising into the 40s and 50s. Winds will be west-southwest at 5 to 15 miles per hour.At the highest elevations small pockets of shallow wind slab formed by southwest winds may be found in isolated areas and could pose a hazard to extreme skiers and climbers. Warming temperatures and sunshine could create shallow new snow sluffs and will increase the potential for wet slides to occur in very steep terrain and cliff areas after significant softening of the snow surfaces occurs. The general avalanche hazard will be LOW in the morning and increase to MODERATE during the day.