We have a mostly MODERATE avalanche danger today. Watch for minor heat initiate activity with daytime heating on east through south through west aspects. Mid elevation slopes should be approached with caution as buried surface hoar may still produce an avalanche on northwest through northeast aspects.

There are pockets of MODERATE avalanche danger on slopes steeper than about 35 degrees, where both soft wind drifts and loose sluffs can be triggered on shady slopes, especially along the higher ridge lines. There is also a MODERATE danger on shady mid-elevation slopes for triggering a slide 1 to 2’ deep on the buried surface hoar layer. If the surface snow becomes damp where you are, wet loose sluffs will become easy to trigger on steep slopes of many aspects.

A MODERATE danger exists in the Wasatch. Human triggered avalanches remain possible. The danger is most pronounced in the steep high northerly and westerly wind loaded terrain and in the shady mid-elevations where we have reactive layers of surface hoar. Careful routefinding and terrain management is required.