Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

The general avalanche hazard is MODERATE. Along the higher ridge lines southerly winds have formed pockets of new soft slab up to one foot deep on leeward aspects. These pockets of surface slab lie upon good sliding surfaces and could be triggered by humans or release naturally in very steep, wind loaded avalanche starting zones. Shallow loose snow sluffs are possible on very steep slopes not affected by the wind. Older hard slabs up to three feet deep persist beneath the new snow. These hard slabs could be triggered by the weight of a human on steep avalanche prone slopes that are underlain by depth hoar.