{"blocks":[{"key":"a1qf0","text":"5-10 cm of new low density snow was added to the surface over Thursday night and Friday with elevated southwest wind during the same period. A similar pattern is expected from Saturday through to Sunday. Fresh wind slab and cornice hazards likely exist (and will continue to form) on leeward features near  ridgetops. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"4rv81","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"2c04g","text":"In more sheltered areas, the new snow otherwise adds to 20-30 cm of storm snow from last weekend. In the southwest of the region these totals are closer to 50-100 cm. At lower elevations, much of the weekend's precipitation fell as rain, creating crusty surfaces now buried by low density snow.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"2qpu8","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6dns0","text":"Collectively, our new and recent snow overlies a variety of surfaces, including hard wind affected snow at alpine elevations, weak surface hoar crystals on northerly aspects and in sheltered terrain features around treeline, or a melt-freeze crust on southerly aspects and below treeline.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"10ad3","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"8utet","text":"The mid and lower snowpack is reported as well settled and strong in most areas. However, weak facets exist at the base of the snowpack in the more shallow snowpack zones within much of the region and always have the potential of being triggered on steep, rocky slopes with a shallow or thin to thick snowpack; especially with large loads such as a cornice fall.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}