{"blocks":[{"key":"e5qu1","text":"Over the weekend some touchy wind slabs were observed, check out the details here.  The very large avalanche observed from Smithers is scary and is what we're pointing to in our Persistent Slab Avalanche Problem. We're glad that no one was harmed in this snowmobile triggered persistent slab avalanche.  There are more impressive photos in the Northwest Inland MIN list which you can find here.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":77,"length":4,"key":0},{"offset":88,"length":43,"key":1},{"offset":250,"length":4,"key":2},{"offset":389,"length":4,"key":3}],"data":{}},{"key":"9em9s","text":"Isolated wind slabs and dry loose avalanches to size two were also reported on northerly aspects.  A few natural very large (size 3) avalanches were observed in alpine features in the central portion of the region over the last few days too.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"fakqi","text":"Some very large persistent avalanches have been reported over the past week. A size 3 avalanche was triggered by a snowmobiler in the Seaton area on Monday (northeast slope at 1800 m) and a size 3.5 avalanche was remotely triggered by a large snow machine near Kispiox on Saturday (southeast slope at 1700 m). Then on Wednesday, several size 2-3 avalanches were naturally triggered due to strong wind and mild temperatures. These avalanches have ran on both buried surface hoar layers and crust/facets at the bottom of the snowpack.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"4ar0g","text":"Some smaller (size 1) wind slabs were also triggered by riders on Wednesday.","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/4aa72ce7-39cd-4d23-9f69-02f93c1c0392"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/map?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/a89ef7fe-5333-4f47-b67e-0ce468e24848"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/map?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/208f20b5-6de4-47af-b940-8a32b7a01301"}},"3":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions?sorting=-date&regions=northwest-inland"}}}}