Tetons

Repeated melt-freeze cycles over the last several days have created a mostly stable snowpack when frozen. Overnight lows were five to ten degrees cooler than yesterday. These cool starting temperatures, cloudy skies and a thin layer of new snow should all help to keep snow surfaces frozen. However if skies clear early and surface crusts break down, isolated pockets of wet loose slides could become possible as the day warms. Monitor the warming of the snowpack, and move to cooler aspects if snow surfaces significantly soften.

Skies should dawn clear with temperatures near 10 degrees as a high pressure ridge builds into the area. During the day skies will be mostly sunny. Temperatures will rise into the 30s. Northeast winds will decease and back to the west in the morning. A cold start to the day will keep snow surfaces hard through the morning hours. The general avalanche hazard is expected to be LOW at all elevations and will increase but remain LOW on steep slopes where snow surfaces soften. The snowpack is mostly stable and avalanches are unlikely.