Togwotee Pass

The general avalanche hazard is LOW above an elevation of 8,500 feet. Up there the early season snowpack is mostly stable. At the highest elevations isolated areas of instability may exist in on steep north facing slopes. This instability is suspected to be associated with a layer of faceted snow that lies an early October melt-freeze crust. Watch out for unstable snow on isolated terrain features. Snow depths are less than a foot below an elevation of 8,500 feet.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Dry weather with little cloud cover is expected through Thursday night. Temperatures will drop into the teens overnight and warm into the 30s in the mountains and into the 40s in the valleys on Wednesday. Light northwest winds will back towards the southwest overnight and then veer to the west and increase to 15 to 20 miles per hour with higher gusts by Wednesday evening. Our shallow, early season snowpack is right side up and mostly stable. Isolated areas of instability may persist on very steep, shaded slopes that face north and are higher than 9,000 feet above sea level. That instability is associated with a layer of faceted snow that sits upon an early October melt-freeze crust. The general avalanche hazard is LOW.