Tetons

Overnight temperatures dropped to just above or just below the freezing point. The avalanche hazard will be Low early this morning as refrozen snow surfaces make avalanche activity unlikely. Sunlight and rapidly rising temperatures will quickly weaken this crust and the underlying snowpack, elevating the hazard to Considerable by early this afternoon. Wet loose slides and point releases are possible at all elevations today and wet slab avalanches are possible at the high elevations. These slides may release naturally and will be sensitive to human travelers. Due to consecutive warm days, any slide activity may entrain deeper layers of snow, including snow to the ground in shallow areas.

Expect partly cloudy to mostly clear skies overnight with mountain lows near freezing. Daytime temperatures up high will climb into the mid to upper 40s and well into the 50s down low. Cloud cover will increase during the day ahead of a Pacific trough moving into the west coast. Southwesterly ridgetop winds will range from 10 to 15 miles per hour. The general avalanche hazard will be dependent on the degree to which snow surfaces freeze overnight, and the amount of energy absorbed during the day. If skies remain mostly clear overnight, long wave radiation loss will allow the surface of the snowpack to refreeze and the avalanche hazard will be LOW in the morning. The stability of the snowpack will decrease as warming temperatures and sunshine break down surface crusts. The hazard could increase to CONSIDERABLE in the afternoon if skies remain mostly clear, making natural wet loose sluffs and wet slabs up to three feet in depth possible. Get an early start and begin your decent once snow surfaces soften.