{"blocks":[{"key":"8uabu","text":"30-70 cm of new snow fell in the region during Tuesday's storm. Varying reports describe either a thin graupel or rain crust layer may be present under about 20 cm of wind redistributed snow below about 1900 metres. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"aum02","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"upq1","text":"Since the storm, the surface has split into a mixed bag of wind-affected snow in exposed areas, sun crust on sun-exposed slopes, rime crust on all aspects around treeline (possibly not widespread), and a more widespread thin melt-freeze crust below around 1700 metres, which becomes thick and supportive, capping the snowpack at around 1400 metres and below.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"brvt0","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"67k7j","text":"Collectively, this varied layer of storm snow is settling over wind affected surfaces at upper elevations as well as surface hoar in wind sheltered areas and a thin crust on solar aspects. In most places, the storm snow seems to be forming a good bond with the previous surface. Exceptions are likely in areas harbouring surface hoar. Think of shaded upper below treeline and lower treeline areas, above where thick surface crust exists and below more wind-affected elevations.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"8j56","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"asppp","text":"A couple of older persistent weak layers exist in the mid to lower snowpack:","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"da99u","text":"The upper layer (from late December), now about 100-140 cm down, is a spotty layer of surface hoar at treeline and below. ","type":"unordered-list-item","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"204ke","text":"The lower layer (from early December), now around 150-200 cm deep, is widespread and now mostly presents as a crust/facet combination.","type":"unordered-list-item","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"d4ssq","text":"Aside from last week's storm producing isolated releases on these deeper layers (see the avalanche summary for details), avalanche activity at these depths has been on a downward trend for a couple of weeks, with snowpack tests giving increasingly resistant results. The lower layer is now largely unreactive, but remains a prominent snowpack feature.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"c0q38","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}