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</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Light snowfall over Friday and Saturday (mainly in the south of the region) has given a thin cover to a variety of surface conditions that have developed over the past week. In addition to resupplying the wind slabs that exist on a variety of aspects in wind exposed terrain, the new snow is beginning to cover both faceted surface snow as well as surface hoar that exists on sheltered open slopes. The persistent weakness buried mid-January is now down 50-100 cm</span><span class="s_AA239A9B"> and consists of buried surface hoar in sheltered areas, and/or widespread faceted old snow. It</span><span class="s_3FE45715"> has generally stabilized but may remain sensitive to human triggers in isolated areas, especially where buried surface hoar is preserved. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_AA239A9B">Another surface hoar/facet weakness was buried mid-December and can now be found down 70 cm in shallow snowpack areas, or as much as 1.5 m in deeper snowpack areas. It woke up during the last storm and has remained reactive to human triggers. This weak layer is responsible for several large human-triggered avalanches, including some with multiple burials, and the layer may remain reactive for the foreseeable future. </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/nearmisses-freegifts" target="_blank"><span class="s_9255B882">Click here for a new blog post with more details.</span></a><span class="s_AA239A9B" /></p>