Travel with others and not go alone. Avoid being on or underneath steep, snow-covered slopes during the heat of the day. Be particularly alert to changing conditions and surroundings (i.e. cornices on cliff areas above a trail or travel route). Generally by mid June, the snowpack has markedly decreased in the Teton Range and many locations have shed their accumulated winter snow during springtime avalanches. This year, however, several cornices and deep snow pockets remain throughout the mountains. These areas may be prone to releases over the next several weeks, producing potentially large avalanches. The avalanche danger increases rapidly during periods of intense sun, a quick rise in temperature, or during and just after a period of high precipitation. These are the very conditions that may occur as more seasonable weather finally arrives in Jackson Hole. Select a backcountry campsite well away from avalanche run out zones.