Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

The snowpack is mostly stable and the avalanche hazard is Low this morning. Above 9,000 feet the avalanche hazard will increase to moderate in the afternoon. At the upper elevations, backcountry travelers could trigger slab avalanches up to 18 inches in-depth on leeward slopes, and the potential to trigger these slabs will increase during the warmest periods of the day. If the winds remain light and skies clear, daily warming could result in small, wet, loose avalanches on solar aspects at all elevations and cornices could fail. Skiers and riders should monitor slopes and seek shaded terrain as sunlit aspects become wet.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Skies are expected to be mostly clear throughout the day. Temperatures will begin cold in the single digits to teens at all elevations. By the afternoon mountain temperatures should warm into the low to mid-30s and valleys into upper 30s to low 40s. Southwest to west winds are forecasted to be 10 to 20 miles per hour along upper elevation ridges. Below 10,500, the snowpack is mostly stable. Tomorrow the avalanche hazard will be Low in the morning and then increase with daily warming. Above 9,000 feet and in the afternoon, backcountry travelers could trigger wind slab avalanches up to 18 inches in-depth on leeward slopes. Light winds and solar warming may cause these slabs to be more sensitive to triggers. At all elevations, warming temperatures may cause small, wet, loose avalanches. The warming temperatures may also cause cornices to fail. On Togwotee Pass, the daily warming could result in wet slab avalanches in areas with a thin snowpack. Backcountry travelers should monitor slopes and seek shaded terrain as solar aspects become wet.