Tetons

At the mid and upper elevations slabs to three feet in depth lie upon a layer of light snow over very weak faceted snow(surface hoar)on northerly aspects and smooth sun crusts on southerly slopes. These instabilities deeper in the snowpack may be user triggered by the second or later person on steep, wind loaded avalanche paths. At low elevations slabs to 18 inches in depth lie upon a thick layer of surface hoar and could be released on steep slopes and gullies. Saturday a solo skier died after he triggered a large avalanche in the Pyramid area south of Jensen Canyon that buried him under three feet of debris.