Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

Across the region, the snowpack is mostly stable and avalanches are unlikely. The thin, early-season snowpack has developed large variability in the snow’s surfaces and structure. At the lower elevations, where temperatures have been dropping into the single digits, the snow has become weak and faceted. Above 8,000 feet, above freezing temperatures melted the snow on solar aspects and formed crusts overnight. At the upper elevations, assess slopes for wind drifted features or weak basal layers. The main hazard is still the lack of snow and objects just below the surface.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Tomorrow will be another day of sunny skies with a valley inversion. Mountain temperatures are expected to drop into the teens overnight and then climb above freezing during the day. Valley lows will drop into the single digits and warm into the twenties and thirties. Ridgetop winds will be light and variable with the predominant direction switching from northerly to southerly. Across the region, the snowpack is mostly stable and avalanches are unlikely. The avalanche hazard shall be Low. The snowpack is thin, and there is large variability in the snow’s surfaces and structure. At the upper elevations, assess slopes for wind drifted features or weak basal layers. The main hazard is still the lack of snow and objects just below the surface.