{"blocks":[{"key":"3ubdg","text":"A light amount of snow is expected to bond poorly to the old snow surface. This surface is comprised of near-surface faceting and in some areas, surface hoar growth overlying a melt-freeze crust at lower elevations, a sun-crust on steep solar aspects, and hard wind-affected snow in the alpine and exposed treeline. North aspects may still hold soft \"ish\" snow down to 1500 m.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":116,"length":9,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"f0hv5","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"12r74","text":"Several weak layers exist in the upper snowpack including buried crusts, facets, and a prominent weak layer of buried surface hoar. This surface hoar has been the dominating feature in the past few weeks. It was buried in late January and exists 40 to 100 cm deep in the snowpack. The surface hoar is most prominent in sheltered openings at and below treeline.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"8p1hc","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"3gjsu","text":"The facet/crust layer that formed in early December is now buried around 120 to 250 cm. The last reported avalanche was on January 31 from a large explosive, and before that on January 23. Although unlikely, the layer could be triggered from a large load like a cornice fall or a shallower slab avalanche could step down to this layer. Humans are unlikely to trigger it, with perhaps the exception in thin, shallow snowpack areas. Check out the forecaster blog for more information.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":445,"length":15,"key":1}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://avalanche.ca/glossary#faceted-snow"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/the-crust-that-never-dies"}}}}