{"blocks":[{"key":"4mvd0","text":"Strong winds have redistributed the recent storm snow from earlier this week onto leeward slopes forming stiff and reactive wind slabs. The wind slabs prove to be more reactive where they sit above older hard snow surfaces or a crust. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"cug8f","text":"The upper snowpack is variable throughout the region with a melt-freeze crust found 10-20 cm down (aspect and elevation dependant) in some locations to barely existing in other locations, especially above 2000 m. One common theme throughout the region is that the mid-pack is well settled above the deeper December crust/facet interface which is currently the primary concern in the snowpack.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":315,"length":21,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"9gbm1","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"5pujf","text":"The early December crust is now generally down 80-150 cm. This layer is found widespread through the region but with varying test results. Recent snowpack tests have shown more reactivity in shallower snowpack areas as well as reactivity to step down avalanches. This indicates that there is potential to trigger this weak layer from a thin spot which may propagate to a thicker slab within the snowpack. In turn, triggering a very large avalanche. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"3ou2d","text":"Most concerning is the warm weather this weekend and its effect on the complex snowpack. Warming, solar radiation, and cornice fall could all play a role in triggering deep persistent slabs. This layer has been dormant but to no surprise could wake up. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://avalanche.ca/glossary#deep-persistent-slab"}}}}