{"blocks":[{"key":"a86rl","text":"On Friday, less activity was reported by the time of publishing but operators continue to report on the recent natural and skier triggered cycle to size 2.5 in recent storm snow.  Ongoing reports of loose dry avalanches (sluffs) in steep terrain continue to be submitted, which is further evidence of how slippery the surface hoar layer is and how reactive it might be once more slab properties exist in the snowpack.  ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7pg8d","text":"On Thursday, there were reports of touchy conditions and a widespread avalanche cycle including numerous skier triggered small avalanches (size 1-1.5) and a few larger skier triggered and natural avalanches (size 2-2.5).  The most activity was reported on northern aspects near treeline (1900-2200 m) where storm slabs failed on surface hoar.  Other avalanches were reported in higher wind affected terrain and also where new snow sits on top of a nasty combo of surface hoar or facets over sun crust.   ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"23pml","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"3qjim","text":"Another persistent slab avalanche (size 1.5) was intentionally triggered by a skier in the Valhallas on Wednesday. This occurred on a steeper north aspect at 2150 metres, where the failure plane was about 30 cm deep. This follows a recent pattern of isolated releases on this layer in this region. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"4l04k","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7qe85","text":"Widespread slab avalanches were reported in areas that had larger total snowfall accumulations, hinting at what will happen everywhere as forecast snowfall amounts increase Saturday night. Significant loose dry avalanches (sluffs) continue to be reported in steep terrain where no slab properties exist. In some areas these loose dry avalanches have triggered larger slab avalanches in step-down events.  ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":223,"length":6,"key":0},{"offset":386,"length":9,"key":1}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=sluff#sluff"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=step+down#step-down-avalanche"}}}}