{"blocks":[{"key":"a3u6t","text":"15 to 30 cm of new snow accumulated in the region by Friday, with heavier amounts the higher western mountains. This new snow has buried a variety of surfaces including a surface hoar layer, a thin sun crust on steep solar, scoured and pressed surfaces in exposed terrain as well as more variable wind affected and faceted snow in sheltered terrain. The buried a layer surface hoar was reported as widespread in sheltered areas in the alpine and treeline and widespread below treeline. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"eqlvc","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"29fkv","text":"A second weak of layer of surface hoar and / or a thin melt crust from Jan 11th is down 30-70cm. In recent snowpack tests at treeline elevations near Golden this layer produced sudden results. This persistent weak layer is most suspect in sheltered, open slopes at treeline and warrants slope-specific investigation if you're travelling in the north of the region. Concern for this problem increases with additional snow and warm temps, particularly since a smaller avalanche may step down to this layer, especially in shallower snowpack layers.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":26,"length":12,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"emvum","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"chm90","text":"Two deeper layers remain on our radar, though they have been recently unreactive.  Down 100-150 cm lies the  December weak layers, which is consists of a combination of 2 different decomposing surface hoar layers, a crust and faceted snow.   Near the grounds a notable rain crust from early November that is surrounded by a weak layer of sugary facets. Though unlikely to trigger, caution for these layers remains with large loads in steep, shallow, rocky areas with a thin to thick snowpack.  There is also concern for these layers in isolated below treeline locations.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":226,"length":12,"key":1}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#faceted-snow"}}}}