Togwotee Pass

The general avalanche hazard is MODERATE at all elevations. Over two feet of new ending Saturday night combined with strong wins to create slabs to three feet in depth. The slabs rest on two feet of rotten, faceted snow. Activities such as high marking or more than one person at a time on a slope are likely to trigger very dangerous avalanches that could pull out the entire snowpack to the ground. Evaluate snow and terrain carefully to identify features of concern.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )A moist low to mid level westerly flow will keep clouds over the area with periods of light snowfall Sunday night. The snowfall will increase in coverage and intensity Monday afternoon. Daytime mountain high temperatures will reach the low 20s after overnight lows near ten. Ridgetop winds will be southwesterly at 20 miles per hour.As the snowpack settles and adjust to the new load and after very warm temperatures Saturday the deeper slabs will be slightly more difficult to trigger. Saturday's snow will continue to be sensitive to human triggers especially with any perios of direct sunshine on slopes. Triggered slides could be one to six feet in depth and run entire slidepaths. The Aalanche hazard is expected to be CONSIDERABLE in the Tetons and Salt/Greys areas. In the Continental Dived/Togwotee Pass area two feet of new snow rests on a very weak faceted base. Activities such as high marking are likely to initiate large, dangerous slides two to four feet in depth. The avalanche hazard there will be MODERATE.