Togwotee Pass

The General Avalanche Hazard is MODERATE. 6 inches of heavy snow containing a half inch of water ending yesterday came in with strong winds creating the potential to release slabs to over a foot in depth on lee slopes. The new snow rests on weak, light density snow making them easy to trigger. On northerly slopes, deeper old slabs lie on old, faceted, October snow. A snowmobiler was buried in such a slide near Bondurant on Sunday. His prepared companions dug him out uninjured.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Areas of light snow will increase over the mountains becoming widespread by Wednesday evening. Daytime highs will be in the mid twenties and ridgetop winds will be westerly at 25 to 30 miles per hour.The General Avalanche Hazard is expected to be CONSIDERABLE above 9000 feet Wednesday. Slabs eighteen inches to four feet in depth may be triggered on lee slopes primarily on Northerly to Easterly aspects. As temperatures cool larger triggers like the second or third skier or more than one skier or snowmobiler on a slope may start slides. The Togwotee Pass and Greys River areas will be MODERATE. Danger lurks in Northerly aspects at upper elevations where the snow rests on weak faceted snow and slides to two feet in depth could be triggered.