{"blocks":[{"key":"8191d","text":"The North Rockies field team spent the day in Renshaw on Friday. Although visibility was limited, they were able to report evidence of at least one large (size 2) natural avalanche that ran in steep treeline terrain. It is suspected to have run on one of the mid-snowpack persistent weak layers described in our snowpack summary, found about 80-110 cm deep in this area. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"dlrrn","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"bqkvg","text":"Saturday's improved visibility may bring similar reports of recent activity. Forecast new snow, wind, and warming ensure Sunday will be another active day for avalanches.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"cu09u","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6lps","text":"We have quite a few more recent reports of very concerning persistent slab avalanche activity in the region. This spooky report of large remote triggered avalanches came in Wednesday.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":109,"length":18,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"cumqt","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"1rg3m","text":"Widespread whumphing was reported Tuesday which is a clear sign of an unstable snowpack.  More details in this MIN report.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":11,"length":9,"key":1},{"offset":106,"length":8,"key":2}],"data":{}},{"key":"1thpp","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"3ofqv","text":"There was likely a widespread natural avalanche cycle on Sunday and Monday as a result of heavy loading from snow and wind. We received  numerous reports of touchy conditions as evidenced here and here. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":188,"length":4,"key":3},{"offset":197,"length":4,"key":4}],"data":{}},{"key":"8v2iq","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"ih23","text":"There was a fatal avalanche accident in the Hasler area last Saturday. The incident occurred on a northeast aspect between 1400 and 1600 m. The avalanche was a size 2.5. The fracture line was estimated to be 50-100 cm and is suspected to have been a persistent slab avalanche running on the late January weak layer of surface hoar described in our snowpack summary. Click here to link to a report on the incident.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":366,"length":46,"key":5}],"data":{}},{"key":"ete42","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/fbf6f66a-50a5-4258-bc94-ea1b4345ad8a"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=whump#whumpf"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/fda56c8e-765c-11eb-a739-b6649de5e179"}},"3":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/a4577af1-1a3f-4aa4-91c9-55dbe7c9d0c4"}},"4":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/cbcb5122-74ac-11eb-b930-f61e88c515cf"}},"5":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/?panel=fatal-accidents/fatal-avalanche-accident-hasler-20210220"}}}}