{"blocks":[{"key":"497se","text":"With the abundant new snow and recent strong to extreme winds, storm slab avalanches will remain easy to trigger on Thursday, especially in wind loaded areas, and on sun-exposed slopes.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":97,"length":15,"style":"BOLD"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6ihkl","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"cvgn4","text":"There was a widespread natural avalanche cycle with avalanches up to size 3 reported on Tuesday night and during the day on Wednesday. There were also reports of numerous explosives triggered avalanches up to size 2.5, one of which was a persistent slab avalanche.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":219,"length":45,"style":"BOLD"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"62nhq","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"pjpl","text":"On Sunday, there were a few explosives triggered persistent slab avalanches to size 2.5. These were reported to have failed on weak facets above a crust that was buried in early December.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"econ2","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"9sksr","text":"On Saturday, explosive testing near Fernie produced several large persistent slab avalanches up to size 2.5 also failing on the early December persistent weak layer.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"60nc0","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"e10fn","text":"A couple of large (size 3) naturally triggered persistent slab avalanches were reported on large alpine features last Thursday. These avalanches were triggered by either smaller wind slab avalanches, or cornice falls. These are continued reminders of the \"low probability; high consequence\" scenario that persistent slab problems often create. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"c4i6f","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"745u3","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}