Tetons

An extended period of warm temperatures and rain have created unstable conditions at the lower elevations. Wet slides are possible on steep snow covered slopes. At the upper elevations isolated pockets of soft slab up to a foot in depth exist. These shallow slabs were formed by southwest winds and could be human triggered in steep wind loaded avalanche starting zones and cliff areas. Point slides involving recent snow that has accumulated on crusts are also possible on very steep slopes and in cliff areas. At the mid elevations conditions will transition from a warm winter regime to the wet unstable conditions that exist at the lower elevations. A sustained period of rain would increase the potential for wet slides to occur.

Occasional light snow will continue through Saturday. Accumulations will be in the order of a couple inches. Rain is expected below an elevation of 7,000 feet overnight and below an elevation of 8,000 feet on Saturday. Temperatures will be in the 20s and 30s at the mid and upper elevations and in the 30s and 40s at the lower elevations. Winds will be southerly at 20 to 25 miles per hour.The general avalanche hazard is expected to be MODERATE. At the lower elevations wet slides are possible on steep snow covered slopes. At the mid and upper elevations areas of unstable snow exist. Humans could trigger shallow pockets of surface slab up to a foot deep in some upper elevation starting zones and may have the potential to trigger slabs to three feet in depth in areas where buried layers of faceted snow persist.