{"blocks":[{"key":"epe3","text":"10-20 cm of new snow is forecast to fall by the end of the day Friday. Strong winds are redistributing the new snow in exposed alpine and treeline areas, over extensively wind affected old surfaces. In sheltered areas, the new snow falls on a layer of surface hoar, and onto a sun crust on solar aspects.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":252,"length":12,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"3g5ls","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"b9l7f","text":"An older, patchy layer of small surface hoar crystals a sun crust both from early February may still exist under previous storm snow, 30-60 cm deep.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":32,"length":12,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"bmjvm","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"31shf","text":"A couple of weak layers that formed in January are burried in close proximity to one another 80-140 cm below the surface and continue to give hard results in snowpack tests. Below, an early season crust lurks at the base of the snowpack. Some large avalanches have been triggered on these layers, usually during periods of rapid loading by new snow or wind and by large loads or from thin, rocky areas.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":158,"length":14,"key":2}],"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"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar","target":"_self","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/55232d36-4ed4-4904-86a2-4d5d96da6e6b"}}}}