Bridger-Teton / Tetons

**Bridger-Teton at Tier A: Prime window, closing fast** You're in the sweet spot—soil temps sustained above the 60°F threshold for a week straight, moisture locked in at 0.22 VWC, and zero drought stress. True Morels and Spring King Boletes are your main targets; both are firing hard across the elevation band, especially between 8,000–10,000 ft where snowmelt interacts with warming soil. Chaga and the polypores are bonuses if you're on the right host trees, but they're slower to fruit. The limiting factor is desiccation—you've got minimal recent precip (0.49" in 7 days) and the melt trend is *accelerating*, which means soil moisture will drop fast as upper elevation snow transitions to runoff and evaporation kicks in. Watch the next 72 hours carefully: once that soil VWC dips below 0.20, fruiting halts. You're also at the cusp of the snowline shift—south aspects are already exposed at 9,090 ft, so prioritize those slopes now before the prime habitat dries out entirely. **Hot tip:** Head to the 8,500–9,500 ft band on south/southwest slopes tomorrow or Thursday—morels flush hard in that micro-window between snowmelt exposure and desiccation, and you're about 48 hours from the window closing.

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