{"blocks":[{"key":"flri5","text":"On Thursday, a MIN report in the south of the region detailed a spike in wind speed and a shift in direction to northeast that formed touchy slabs, loaded cornices to their breaking point, and likely initiated a large avalanche in the alpine. A MIN report on Saturday indicated that a similar pattern of wind slab and cornice activity had previously occurred in areas around Valemount . ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":15,"length":10,"key":0},{"offset":245,"length":10,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"54n8b","text":"Last weekend there was a very large (size 3) natural wind slab avalanche on a northeast aspect near Valemount, as well as this neighboring report of a very large (size 2.5-3) natural avalanche on a southeast aspect on Mt. Goslin. A few size 2 avalanches were also reported in the Barkerville area. These included a mix of wind slab and persistent slab avalanches on a 40 cm deep surface hoar layer, mostly on treeline features (see some photos in the MIN reports here, here, and here). One was thought to have been initiated by a machine-triggered cornice fall. Although the likelihood of triggering persistent slab avalanches is decreasing, this weak layer warrants assessment in open, sheltered slopes at treeline where this layer is likely pronounced and preserved.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":127,"length":18,"key":2},{"offset":463,"length":4,"key":3},{"offset":469,"length":4,"key":4},{"offset":479,"length":4,"key":5}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/83e0bc9b-7662-42a3-8f16-b2790a8cb957"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/a73a59f6-a208-49af-9cbb-0b57fd8e6612"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/f5975ac9-9dd9-4398-b832-a03dda0ead70"}},"3":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/df736481-95d6-4971-b7b8-716c8aa8ca85"}},"4":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/1407b494-5711-46d9-a904-833795008f35"}},"5":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/7d535bff-3285-4d4f-8d0c-b878e2fffa41"}}}}