{"blocks":[{"key":"98fj5","text":"Up to 10 cm more new snow is expected by Thursday morning, adding to 10-20 cm from Wednesday and a widespread storm slab problem. Melt-freeze or rime crust may be found partway within the new snow in some areas, introducing a new likely failure plane and potentially limiting some wind transport. The new snow has buried a mix of settling storm snow and windslabs from several days of consistent snowfall and southwest wind.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"eadbq","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"8r8bv","text":"Beneath the new snow, another 50-90 cm of recent storm snow is settling on top of weak, faceted snow that formed during the recent cold snap. As new snow accumulates and temperatures rise, the upper metre of the snowpack may become increasingly upside-down and more likely to avalanche. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":87,"length":8,"key":0},{"offset":245,"length":11,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"e8m6","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"f5b7q","text":"We're actively monitoring the early December crust. In shallow spots it's down 90 cm while in wind-loaded terrain features it can be found as deep as 200 cm below the surface. It consists of faceted grains above a bulletproof crust formed by the Atmospheric Rivers of early December. There has been avalanche activity on this crust over the weekend. Larger avalanches in surface layers as well as natural cornice falls may have potential to step down to this layer in the coming days.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#faceted-snow"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://avalanche.ca/glossary#upside-down-snowpack"}}}}