Togwotee Pass

The general avalanche hazard is MODERATE and will increase as the day warms. Buried layers of surface hoar and depth hoar persist in the snowpack. In steep terrain warming temperatures will increase the potential for humans to trigger slab avalanches up to three feet in depth on these persistent weak layers. Wet slides are also possible on steep slopes and especially in areas that have received rain.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )A moist southwest flow will bring snow to the higher elevations after midnight. A couple of inches of accumulation are possible by daybreak. On Friday skies will be cloudy with light snowfall in the mountains and rain in the valleys. This flow will favor the Teton Range which could pick up another couple of inches of new snow by evening. Temperatures will remain above freezing at the lower elevations. At the upper elevations temperatures will drop into the mid 20s overnight and rise into the 30s during the day. Ridge crest winds will be southwesterly at 20 to 25 miles per hour with higher gusts.The general avalanche hazard is expected to be MODERATE. At the lower elevations conditions will be unstable and conducive for wet slides to occur on steep snow covered slopes. At the mid and upper elevations areas of unstable snow exist. Humans could triggered 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 depths in areas where buried layers of faceted snow persist.