{"blocks":[{"key":"akduc","text":"Elevated northerly winds on Thursday redistributed limited loose snow into small but reactive new wind slabs in the immediate lee of exposed terrain features at higher elevations.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7io5c","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"24q9e","text":"The snow surface otherwise consists of a thin cover of low density snow (where not windblown) over a mix of thin breakable crust, old wind-affected snow, and older wind slabs that have been losing cohesion under the influence of prolonged cold temperatures. 30-40 cm of gradually faceting storm snow below this surface, a more supportive crust solidly caps the snowpack below about 1400 metres. This crust may be absent at higher elevations.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"46ac","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"bedso","text":"100-150 cm of snow sits over a widespread persistent weak layer. This weak layer consists of a thick crust with weak facets on top of it in many areas. In most areas where it remains preserved, this layer is likely not triggerable due to bridging by overlying dense snow and crusts (this applies to the North Shore). There is some concern for the possibility of continued reactivity in steep terrain at higher elevations in the interior and north of the region where it has not previously avalanched and where the overlying snowpack may have failed to form an effective bridge over it.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":117,"length":6,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"6o5ue","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"37qii","text":"Click here to check out North Shore Rescue's snowpack update from February 12. It's an excellent snapshot of current conditions on the North Shore.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":6,"length":5,"key":1}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=crust#faceted-snow"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://m.facebook.com/NorthShoreRescue/?tsid=0.8011487290890125&source=result"}}}}