Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

The general avalanche hazard is CONSIDERABLE. Yesterdays new snow and west to northwest winds created soft surface slabs up to two feet deep. Today's increasing west winds will continue to load these unstable areas. These slabs could be triggered by humans who venture onto steep slopes. Good terrain evaluation and snow stability assessment skills are necessary for safe travel in avalanche terrain.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Light snowfall is likely overnight and could result in a couple inches of accumulation. On Thursday skies will be partly cloudy early. Light snowfall will develop in the afternoon. Temperatures will be in the teens. Winds are expected to be westerly and increase to 20 to 30 miles per hour. The increasing west winds will continue to load upper elevation avalanche starting zones. Humans who venture onto steep slopes could trigger soft surface slabs up to two feet in depth. In steep rocky areas and on aprons above and below cliff areas some potential exists for these slabs to step down another foot or two into older layers of crust and faceted snow. The general avalanche hazard is expected to be CONSIDERABLE at the higher elevations (9,000 to 10,500 feet) of the Teton and Greys River/Southwest Trails areas and MODEATRE below these elevations in the these areas and in the Togwotee Pass/Continental Divide area.