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Colder temperatures after the passage of the cold front will decrease the wet snow avalanche hazard. Up high where snow surfaces remain dry this morning's strong winds will erode those snow surfaces and redistribute that eroded snow. Snowfall rates of an inch per hour are possible for a brief period and may create whiteout conditions. Assess the situation carefully. At the higher elevations and in isolated areas at the mid elevations small pockets of hard wind slab may be found on some steep slopes and new pockets of soft wind slab may form during the period of intense snowfall associated with the passage of this cold front.

Snow shower activity will decrease overnight with additional accumulations of a trace to an inch possible. On Tuesday skies will be partly cloudy with a chance of scattered snow showers. Daytime highs will rise into the teens at 10,500 feet and to near 30 degrees in the valleys. Winds will be from the northwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour with higher gusts.At the higher elevations some potential exists for human to trigger wind slab avalanches. The high winds may have cross loaded gullies, formed pockets of slab lower down in avalanche starting zones, and at the base of cliff areas. Assess the landscape carefully and consider what the potential consequences could be if you trigger even a small avalanche in severe terrain. These slabs may be stiff, not fail until you are out of them and hard to ski or ride away from. The general avalanche hazard is expected to be moderate above an elevation of 9,000 feet. Below the elevation the hazard is expected to be low.