{"blocks":[{"key":"871mb","text":"A variable 10-30 cm of new snow has buried a mix of large surface hoar reported below treeline into the alpine. This interface may present instead as a sun crust on many steep sun-exposed aspects. Snowfall is forecast to continue through Wednesday.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"d3725","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6u7mf","text":"The new snow adds to 10-30 cm of recent storm snow which was either blown into wind slabs In exposed areas at higher elevations or remains low density in more sheltered areas. The interface below this older snow may present as a sun crust on steep sun-exposed aspects, as surface hoar in more sheltered lower elevations, or as a more widespread melt-freeze crust below about 1700 metres. In some places it may  begin to behave as a primary storm slab interface below our new snow accumulations.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"dda1h","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"dfhpd","text":"110 to 180 cm of snow is now resting on a widespread layer of large, feathery, surface hoar from mid-December. Activity on this interface has tapered off, but there is some concern for loading from forecast snowfall to reinvigorate avalanche activity at this depth.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":79,"length":12,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"3ppnb","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"evs6o","text":"Another weak layer formed in late November is now over 170 cm deep. Concern for this layer is limited to rocky or variable snowpack depth areas in the alpine where it most likely exists as a combination of facets and crust.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar","target":"_self","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar"}}}}