Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

The general avalanche hazard is MODERATE and will increase as the day warms. Skiers and riders who venture onto steep slopes could trigger pockets of dense surface slab to a foot in depth and/or full depth hard slab avalanches. Rising temperatures will increase the sensitivity of these hazards to human triggers and could initiate wet loose and wet slab avalanches on steep slopes at any elevation and on a variety of aspects.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Saturday looks to be partly cloudy with mountain temperatures rising into the low thirties. Ridge crest winds are expected to be southerly with five to fifteen mile per hour averages.The general avalanche hazard is expected to be: LOW during the morning in the Teton area where backcountry users have the potential to trigger isolated pockets of surface slabs to twelve inch depths in steep, shaded terrain. The avalanche danger is expected to increase as sunlight and increasing temperatures weaken the snowpack and wet slides become possible.MODERATE in the Togwotee Pass area where the possibility persists to trigger full depth hard slabs in some areas of very steep terrain. Larger triggers such as snowmachines may be necessary to initiate such an event. Wet slides may become possible in the afternoon as sunlight and warming weaken the snowpack.MODERATE in the Southwest Trails/Greys River area where backcountry riders and skiers have the potential to trigger full depth hard slabs in steep terrain as well as surface slabs to twelve inches in depth on very steep shaded slopes. The avalanche danger is expected to increase as sunlight and increasing temperatures weaken the snowpack and wet slides become possible.