Togwotee Pass

Avalanche activity is unlikely today as cooler temperatures, increasing cloud cover and gusty winds will keep snow surfaces frozen, and the snowpack is mostly stable. Isolated small pockets of wind slabs on steep, high elevation slopes will be difficult to find, but if encountered could have consequences in extreme terrain.While traveling in the backcountry today make good observations about current surface conditions and consider how new snow will bond to these varied surfaces.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Cloud cover will increase during the day from the west-southwest, expect wind speeds in the teens gusting into the twenties and thirties. Due to the increased cloud cover, temperatures will be a bit cooler than today, warming into the twenties and thirties at 9,000 feet. A short pulse of moisture looks to arrive in the early morning hours of Tuesday.With no major changes overnight, the avalanche hazard will stay LOW. Cooler temperatures, increasing clouds, and gusty winds will slow the warming trend at the mid-elevations. The possibility of isolated wind slabs on steep, high elevation slopes still exists, though unlikely.