{"blocks":[{"key":"6dfvj","text":"15-40 cm of snow fell in the region during Tuesday's storm, with accumulations greatly favouring the south of the region. In exposed areas, recent elevated winds have been redistributing new snow into wind slabs and adding to cornices. This layer of storm snow covers yet more wind affected surfaces at upper elevations, but also surface hoar in wind sheltered areas and a thin crust on solar aspects. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"325kf","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"crqhm","text":"In most places, the storm snow is probably 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 any thick surface crust exists and below more wind-affected elevations. It's mainly in the south of the region where enough storm snow sits above this layer to pose a real threat, but the north of the region should catch up during the incoming storm through Sunday afternoon.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"1fpdu","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"bc6iq","text":"A couple of older persistent weak layers exist in the mid to lower snowpack. The distribution of these layers are variable, but follows a similar pattern to the layer discussed above. The upper layer (from late December, down about 70-120 cm) is spotty surface hoar at shaded treeline and below and the lower layer (from early December, now likely closer to 150 cm deep) may present as decomposing surface hoar but more likely as a crust/facet combination. It was most prevalent in areas near Valemount. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"achju","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"cj5es","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. Snowpack tests have been giving increasingly resistant results, but in isolated tests the upper layer still shows an energetic fracture character. Observations from adjacent regions show the lower layer is largely unreactive, but remains a prominent feature in the lower snowpack.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}