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</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Saturday several explosives triggered slab avalanches to Size 2 were reported on northwesterly to southeasterly aspects in the alpine as well as sloughs to Size 1 in steep terrain. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On Friday storm storm was sloughing naturally in steep terrain with loose snow releases to Size 1, while skier traffic produced small slab releases to Size 1 in areas where the storm snow had formed into a slightly stiffer, cohesive slab above the December 15th layer.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Earlier in the week numerous Size 1-2 natural, skier, remote, and explosives triggered slab avalanches were reported on all aspects, releasing both within the storm snow and on the December 15th crust/surface hoar layer; including a Size 1.5 skier accidental.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Also several classic signs of instability (whumpfing, shooting cracks, small slab releases) have been reported since Monday. See the Mountain Information Network (MIN) for great recent reports </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.avalanche.ca/map/forecasts/sea-to-sky?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/5d2e125a-e534-4031-94f5-3adbd770773d" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">here</span></a><span class="s_3FE45715">, </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.avalanche.ca/map?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/971e7589-2eac-4b6c-8c28-d75fc20de482" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">here</span></a><span class="s_3FE45715"> and </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.avalanche.ca/map?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/ef69a9f2-96e9-4e43-923c-f69baa667503" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">here</span></a><span class="s_3FE45715">, as well as a video </span><a href="https://youtu.be/M2Py-qUDokI" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">here</span></a><span class="s_3FE45715">.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_AA239A9B">Check out the Forecasters' Blog </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/171222_christmas-surprises" target="_blank"><span class="s_9255B882">here</span></a><span class="s_AA239A9B"> for some great terrain advice.</span><span class="s_3FE45715" /></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715"> </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715"> </span></p>