Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

Soft slabs with depths to two feet could be triggered by backcountry riders and skiers in steep avalanche terrain. These slabs will be most sensitive at higher elevations where recent strong northeast, northwest, and west winds have loaded snow on leeward terrain features. Avalanche activity below 7500 feet is limited to isolated pockets. The release of deeper slabs has become unlikely but remains possible in areas such as unsupported cliff zones. Evaluate terrain carefully and look for features of concern.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )A new system is to bring snow to the area by sunrise. Snow is to continue to fall through the day. Four to sixes inches is expected by Thursday night. High temperatures are to be warmer with highs in the upper teens to low twenties. Ridgetop winds from the west are to have fifteen to twenty five mile per hour averages. The general avalanche hazard will remain Moderate. Pockets of recently formed wind slabs and older slabs with depths to two feet could be triggered in steep terrain that is either wind loaded or underlain with weak snow or hard crusts. Deeper weaknesses remain in the snowpack. These weaknesses have become unlikely to fail in the Teton and Southwest trails areas. In the Togwotee pass areas they are a greater problem and could still fail to the presence of a single person in high steep avalanche starting zones.