{"blocks":[{"key":"8ks9r","text":"Last week's storm closed the highway due to avalanches hitting the road. Avalanche activity during the storm suggests there were largely storm and wind slab problems during and immediately after the stormy period. That activity has subsided as temperatures have cooled.  ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"9lfjr","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"5sh9i","text":"With recreational traffic diverted to places like the Wheaton, our field team did similar last week and into the weekend. They observed up to size 2.5 avalanches, especially on south facing slopes, starting high on ridges and rolling well into and through the trees.  See a couple of MIN posts here and here.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":294,"length":4,"key":0},{"offset":303,"length":4,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"egi0g","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"ge0m","text":"The term 'Wheatonesque whumpfs' is worth holding onto. Remember that a whumpf is an avalanche that tried, with one key ingredient missing -- slope angle. Whumpf the right terrain and you've converted it into the real thing, hopefully it's not rolling down ontop of you.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"fmc9d","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"d66mh","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/map?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/76c72db6-7c6e-11eb-9840-2ea2f3275876"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/map?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/a13a711a-7cf4-11eb-828e-6e2f9a8b3b27"}}}}