The chance continues for backcountry riders and skiers to trigger very large, deep hard slab avalanches in steep north facing terrain above 9000 feet. Isolated pockets of soft slab formed during last week's storm can also be found at all elevations, particularly in steep terrain not affected by sunshine and recent warm inversion conditions. Evaluate snow and terrain carefully and identify features of concern.
Weak snow lies near the base of the snowpack on northwest through northeast aspects above 9000 feet. Backcountry travelers have the potential to trigger full depth avalanches on this layer in steep avalanche starting zones.
( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Periods of snow are expected into Friday morning with lingering snow showers to continue throughout the day. Temperatures are to rise from the single digits at all elevations and winds are to southwesterly with ten to twenty mile per your averages.The general avalanche hazard will be Low in the Tetons and Moderate in the southwest trials and Togwotee Pass areas. New snow sloughing wind slabs formed over a week ago could be human triggered in all forecast areas. These slabs are expected to be most prevalent and deepest in the Southwest trails area where they could have depths to thirty inches. A slight chance also continues to trigger deep hard slabs In the Southwest Trails area and even more so in the Togwotee Pass area where a shallower snowpack exists.
