Tetons

Generally safe avalanche conditions will exist through the daylight hours today due to our thin and stable, early season snowpack. Snow arrives this afternoon. The existing snow surface consists of slick crusts, which may bond poorly to incoming snow, and faceted snow in sheltered northerly aspects. The ground is bare of snow below an elevation of 7,500 feet. Bare areas can be found on steep south facing aspects up to an elevation of 8,500 feet.

Two to four inches more snow will fall overnight before mostly wrapping up by dawn. Areas favored by this upslope event may receive another inch tomorrow. Wind will continue, largely from the west, in the 20-25 mph range, easily drifting the new snow at the ridgetops. Temperatures will remain in teens and low twenties.Expect some soft slabs tomorrow where new snow accumulates on faceted north facing slopes or clings to slick temperature crusts. The size of these wind slabs will be determined by the amount of new snow falling tonight. Small and isolated pockets of wind slab which still warrant a Low rating seem likely. The potential exists for more problematic wind slabs depending on total snowfall and wind overnight. Be sure to check snowfall totals tomorrow and consider the consequences of a small slide in our rocky early season snowpack.