{"blocks":[{"key":"8502i","text":"On Friday strom slabs began to form and were sensitive to human triggering, especially in areas kissed by the wind. This MIN from Friday in the neighboring North Columbia region is a great example of that activity.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":121,"length":3,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"f3kmc","text":"A size 2.5 skier triggered avalanche was reported near Revelstoke Wednesday on a steep west facing slope around 1600 m. In the Gold Range a skier remote triggred a size 1.5 wind slab avalanche on an east facing feature at 2200 m. These are great examples of the strange conditions created by reverse wind loading and may be a portent of things to come as the weekend trends warm and stormy.  ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"2rn0","text":"Last Saturday, there was a notable MIN report of a human-triggered wind slab on a southeast aspect in the alpine that stepped-down to deeper persistent weak layers to produce a very large avalanche that ran full path and destroyed mature timber. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":35,"length":10,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"7p3pm","text":"The second week of February produced fewer persistent slab avalanches than the first week of February. But, the late January persistent weak layer is still showing signs of instability and a conservative approach is critical as this storm begins to add weight to it. This old MIN report from Joss Mountain is a helpful example of the lower elevation slopes where the surface hoar has been preserved and may reactivate this weekend.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":276,"length":10,"key":2}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/c5271097-8b71-454b-9563-b69a365f17ac"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/e81c6c40-c494-46b7-914c-dd9718d30dcd"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/81228e29-382d-4c13-bc44-9e5b62a5d6a2"}}}}