Backcountry Avalanche Forecast

Refer to the Galena Summit & Eastern Mtns forecast if you're traveling in the western half of this zone—including the Warm Springs Ck drainage—or in the mountains north or east of Ketchum. We will issue daily Avalanche Forecasts with Danger Ratings if/when snow cover allows for reasonable backcountry recreational access in the bulk of this zone.

Triggering a large avalanche is likely today in areas where the sun and warm temperatures are rapidly destabilizing the snowpack. You can also trigger slab avalanches in wind-affected terrain and around cornices. Expect to see small, loose natural avalanches on steep slopes receiving direct sunlight today. Be prepared to start and end your day early, and don't linger beneath large, rocky avalanche paths facing the southern half of the compass.

Triggering a large avalanche is likely today in areas where the sun and warm temperatures are rapidly destabilizing the snowpack. You can also trigger slab avalanches in wind-affected terrain and around cornices. Expect to see small, loose natural avalanches on steep slopes receiving direct sunlight today. Be prepared to start and end your day early, and don't linger beneath large, rocky avalanche paths facing the southern half of the compass.

Triggering a large avalanche is likely today in areas where the sun and warm temperatures are rapidly destabilizing the snowpack. You can also trigger slab avalanches in wind-affected terrain and around cornices. Expect to see small, loose natural avalanches on steep slopes receiving direct sunlight today. Be prepared to start and end your day early, and don't linger beneath large, rocky avalanche paths facing the southern half of the compass.