There is a MODERATE danger in the backcountry, and you still might trigger wet avalanches on a few very steep slopes even in today's cooler weather. Accumulating snow and wind today may create a few shallow and manageable wind slabs in exposed upper elevation lee terrain.

You should evaluate the snow and terrain carefully and continue to use good travel habits.....

Cooler temperatures and cloud cover should slow the meltdown and help with the slushy snow situation in the backcountry. The Tony Grove Snotel reports 80 inches of total snow still on the ground at 8400' containing 103% of average water for the date.

We noticed several more wet avalanches in the backcountry from the very warm days at the beginning of the week. Most obvious were the avalanches in the Wellsville Mountain Wilderness. A wet avalanche, likely initiated by a broad cornice fall, in North Shumway Canyon ran close to 3000 vertical feet, and another in Old Logway came down to Maple Bench...

There were also numerous wet avalanches reported in the Wasatch Range, with a giant glide avalanche Tuesday in Stairs Gulch topping the list....

A few inches may accumulate at upper elevations today under a breezy northwest flow. Windy conditions will diminish somewhat by this evening and another inch or so of accumulation is possible overnight. Snow will continue tomorrow, but it doesn't look like we'll get a whole lot....Snow showers and cooler weather will be in play for the next few days, and into early next week....At least mountain temperatures should dip well below freezing for the next several nights, which will help stabilize the slushy snow.

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This will be my last advisory for the season....Thanks for your support and observations.

This advisory is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.