Togwotee Pass

New snow is falling on a mostly stable snowpack that is capped with hard snow surfaces. This new snow could be triggered by backcountry skiers and riders today as soft surface slabs or as loose snow sluffs in steep avalanche terrrain. Although small in size these events could quickly entrain enough snow to carry or knock people over in extreme terrain such as cliff areas and couloirs. This hazard will increase at the higher elevations today as new snow and northwest winds continue and slabs of six inches to a foot could be triggered this afternoon.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Periods of snowfall are to continue tonight through Saturday and into Sunday. Snowfall could be moderate to heavy at times with two to four inches possible for each twelve hour period. Highs at ten thousand feet are to again be in the teens while northwest winds continue to blow with ten to twenty five mile per hour averages. The general avalanche hazard is expected to be Low on Saturday morning and could increase to Moderate in the afternoon depending on the amount and the timing of additional snowfall. New surface slabs are expected to slowly form over a mostly stable snowpack that was topped with a variety of hard crusts, wind packed snow and dense settled powder.