Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

The general avalanche hazard is MODERATE. Pockets of soft, surface slab up to 18 inches deep and loose snow sloughs could be triggered on steep slopes. Older hard slabs up to three feet deep lie upon a persistent weak base of depth hoar. Some potential may remain for people, especially those on snowmachines, to trigger a deep hard slab in very steep avalanche starting zones.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Light snow is expected Sunday night into Monday. Mountain temperatures will cool to the single digits by Monday morning then warm to the upper teens during the day. Winds at the ridge tops will be westerly at 20 miles per hour.Pockets of soft slabs to two feet in depth could be triggered by people at mid and upper elevations on steep, lee slopes in the Tetons. Cold, light density snow will be easily drifted onto lee slopes which will increase the size and danger of triggered slides. Areas near ridges subject to cross loading and areas near ridgetops should be avoided. The possibility persists for backcountry travelers to trigger had slabs to three feet in depth in areas with a thinner snowpack that is underlain by weak, faceted snow. The general avalanche hazard in all these areas is expected to be MODERATE.