{"blocks":[{"key":"el9jo","text":"Cooler temperatures and a reduction in winds and new snow inputs have allowed the snowpack to begin to recover from the recent Christmas eve storm.  At the height of the storm and for the following days, numerous large avalanches were reported.  Reverse loaded wind-slabs from east winds created reactive windslabs on west and south west aspects which produced large (size 2) and very large (up to size 3.5) avalanches when tested with explosives.  This MIN from the Shames back-country reports a couple small (size 1) avalanches.  ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":454,"length":3,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"9gdre","text":"This natural cycle has tapered, but human triggered avalanches remain likely, especially where wind has stiffened recent snow into windslabs or where storm slab sits atop weak layers.  Reactive large windslab avalanches (size 2) were reported as recently as yesterday.  Some of these may have failed on the Surface hoar layer down 40-80cm.   Step-down avalanches are a significant possibility where a small wind slab or cornice fall may trigger a large and destructive avalanche.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":342,"length":9,"key":1},{"offset":420,"length":7,"key":2}],"data":{}},{"key":"cu7r0","text":"Please consider sharing your observations with the Mountain Information Network; even just a photo of your day helps. Thank you to those that have already submitted this winter!","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":51,"length":28,"key":3}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/abb60e63-3cc2-4d07-a3e9-25aa51671741"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=step+down#step-down-avalanche"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=cornice#cornices"}},"3":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network"}}}}