{"blocks":[{"key":"a3u6t","text":"Recent strong winds have scoured terrain and built wind slabs in lee features at upper elevations over a variety of surfaces, including isolated surface hoar, sun crusts, and settling storm snow. Snow and wind from the past week have contributed to notable cornice growth. A new sun crust may be forming on steep solar aspects. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"f78","text":"30-60 cm of snow from the past week has buried a weak of layer of surface hoar from Jan 11th. This persistent weak layer is most suspect in sheltered, open slopes at treeline. This layer has produced sudden results in snowpack tests at treeline elevations in areas north in the region near KHMR and warrants careful evaluation. Limited observations across the region make it difficult to get a sense of the distribution and reactivity of this problem. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":66,"length":12,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"chm90","text":"Two deeper layers of surface hoar from December 13th and December 7th may still be found down 100-150 cm. The Dec 7th weak layer consists of a combination of decomposing surface hoar with a crust and faceted snow. Avalanche activity on these persistent weak layers has dwindled in the last week, with snowpack tests results trending to resistant and unreactive. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":200,"length":12,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"2246g","text":"The lower snowpack is characterized by a notable rain crust from early November that is surrounded by a weak layer of sugary facets. It may still be possible to trigger with large loads in steep, shallow, rocky areas with a thin to thick snowpack.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#faceted-snow"}}}}