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There is LOW avalanche danger in the backcountry and avalanches are unlikely. However, people might trigger small avalanches of hard, wind drifted snow on some extreme or very steep slopes.

• Avoid very steep recently or previously drifted slopes. Even a very small, early season avalanche can be very dangerous if you are caught carried over rocks or raked through bushes and stumps.

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Mountain temperatures should cool today with clouds, a nice breeze, and some snow showers in the mountains later in the afternoon and tonight.

South winds were quite strong yesterday and last night, but surface snow, saturated by unseasonable heat, was not prone to drifting. Avalanches are unlikely, but people might still trigger avalanches of recently or previously wind drifted snow in extreme upper elevation terrain. Snow showers are likely this afternoon and overnight, with 3 to 6 inches of accumulation possible at upper elevations. The wind and snow showers should taper off tomorrow, and it looks like dry, colder weather through the weekend.

As snow starts to accumulate in the backcountry, it’s a good idea to tone it down because it’s pretty easy to get hurt in shallow snow, and it’s absolutely the worst time to do so because you could ruin your whole season.

• Avoid going too fast, maintain control, and be conservative.
• Stick to smooth, grassy, low-angled slopes.

There is not yet enough snow to cause much risk of avalanches on most slopes now, but shallow, early season snow conditions can still be quite dangerous. Recently, shallow snow conditions are to blame for the tragic death of a Bozman woman who died while skiing a steep chute in the Montana backcountry (info here). Also, for that of a British Columbia snowboarder who was killed by head trauma in a “freak backcountry accident” while skiing on his split board in relatively flat, rolling terrain. He was found with his helmet off his head and on his backpack (info here).

The Tony Grove Road is not maintained for wheeled vehicles in the winter.

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This forecast is from the USDA Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. The forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.