Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

The snowpack is mostly stable. At the higher elevations riders or skiers who venture into very steep avalanche starting zones could triggered isolated pockets of surface slab up to a foot deep. Normal precautions and safe travel practices are always advised in steep avalanche prone terrain. These practices include only having one person at a time on suspect slopes and always carrying avalanche rescue gear.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )The high pressure ridge will continue to keep skies clear above areas of morning valley fog while a well established temperature gradient traps cold air in the valleys. Temperatures will drop well below zero in the valleys overnight. On Friday temperatures will rise into the mid 20s to low 30s in the mountains and into the teens in the valleys. Winds will be from the west at five miles per hour.The general avalanche hazard is expected to be LOW at all elevations. Some potential exists at the upper elevations for humans to trigger isolated pockets of wind slab up to a foot deep in very steep avalanche starting zones and cliff areas. Avalanches are unlikely at the mid and upper elevations.