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</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Up to 60 cm of new storm snow, accompanied by strong NW-SE winds has fallen over the region in the past 4 days. </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.fsavalanche.org/Encyclopedia/wind_slab.htm" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">Wind slabs </span></a><span class="s_3FE45715">continue to dominate the upper snowpack. The snow surface conditions in the alpine and at treeline are variable with hard slabs, wind slabs and areas that are scoured. Recent test results done in the upper storm snow show an easy (RP) shear down 20-25 cm and a hard (RP) down 80 cm. The mid-pack is gaining strength and is well settled.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Digging down deeper is the early November facet/crust layer. This crust sits near the base of the snowpack, and tests done in the Bear Pass area around 1100 m have shown this layer to be unreactive. Testing done in the Shames area on this interface have also shown no results, with moist snow below. Total snowpack depth above 1000 m is 150-200 cm deep. Below 1000 m the snowpack shows a sharp transition from 100 cm dropping to 50 cm, and is generally below threshold.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_AA239A9B">For more information and observations from the area, please check out the</span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://avalanche.ca/forums/Default.aspx" target="_blank"><span class="s_9255B882"> Regional Forum Posts.</span></a><span class="s_AA239A9B" /></p>