{"blocks":[{"key":"ebqn","text":"The storm on Monday night and Tuesday delivered 30-50 cm of new snow to the region with strong southwest winds. The new snow is sitting on a weak layer of surface hoar in many areas, especially in sheltered areas at treeline and below treeline. See this recent MIN post from the Shames area that shows this layer when it was on the surface.The new snow will also be sitting on a crust on solar aspects (south through west facing slopes). Fresh storm slabs will be widespread and will likely take longer than usual to gain strength due to the presence of the weak layers that were buried in the recent storm.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":155,"length":12,"key":0},{"offset":254,"length":15,"key":1},{"offset":388,"length":13,"key":2}],"data":{}},{"key":"3obni","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"8ipd1","text":"There are two more layers of surface hoar that are now buried 70-120 cm, and 110-160 cm deep, and are likely the most prominent around treeline. On south through west facing slopes, this surface hoar may be sitting on a crust, which may increase the potential for triggering avalanches on these layers. Below about 1000m, the recent new snow is sitting on a melt-freeze crust.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"cv3bg","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"4ieaf","text":"A layer of weak and sugary faceted grains that formed in January may be found about 150 to 200 cm deep, and an early season melt-freeze crust lingers at the base of the snowpack. These layers have produced a few very large natural and explosive triggered avalanches over the past two weeks.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=persistent+weak+layer#surface-hoar"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/87d5421f-666e-423b-8eca-66dcffb8052a"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=solar#aspect"}}}}