{"blocks":[{"key":"elfem","text":"A widespread avalanche cycle occurred overnight and into Wednesday. Numerous large (size 2-2.5) and very large (size 3-3.5) avalanches released from natural, human, and explosive triggers in the storm snow. The majority of the human-triggered avalanche activity occurred where the wind played a role in stiffening slabs, particularly below ridge crests.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":84,"length":10,"key":0},{"offset":112,"length":10,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"5om4e","text":"Prior to the storm, there were many reports of large (size 2-3) avalanches from both natural and human triggers on a variety of aspects and elevations. These avalanches were breaking 50-100 cm deep on surface hoar layers from mid to late December. Several of them were remote-triggered. The most recent example, reported Monday, released naturally with loading from new snow and wind. These avalanches give clear evidence that the continual loading on this fundamentally weak snowpack structure remains a concern.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":269,"length":16,"key":2}],"data":{}},{"key":"mos8","text":"Within the past week, three notable deep persistent slab avalanches released naturally on east and northeast facing slopes above 2200 m in the southern part of the region on a crust/facet layer from late November buried 150 cm deep. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#sizes-of-avalanches","target":"_self","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#sizes-of-avalanches"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#sizes-of-avalanches","target":"_self","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#sizes-of-avalanches"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#remote-triggered-avalanches-are-avalanches-that-occur"}}}}