{"blocks":[{"key":"7uog8","text":"Surface hoar up to 10 mm has been reported around Fernie. At this time it is unknown if this surface hoar growth is more widespread. Expect to find patchy sun crust on steep, solar aspects below treeline. The previously forecasted above freezing layer seemed to be less prominent and at a higher elevation than originally expected, but this sun crust could also exist in the high alpine. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":231,"length":20,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"bd7g7","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"eik1c","text":"Up to 15 cm of new storm snow fell Thursday with fairly light winds. Moderate to strong winds from the southwest on Friday stripped some windward slopes, and formed variable wind slabs. These slabs are up to 60 cm thick in lee features.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":137,"length":8,"key":1},{"offset":223,"length":3,"key":2}],"data":{}},{"key":"8ig01","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7mhu","text":"Around 2200 m and below, these windslabs overlie a crust buried on January 18th, which caps a dense 15 to 30 cm of settled snow. The crust varies with aspect and elevation from thin (2 cm thick) in the alpine to (4 cm) thick below treeline. Below this, the midpack is well consolidated above the early December crust/ facet interface.  ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"d12gi","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"1q0fc","text":"The most notable layer of concern in the snowpack is a widespread crust that was formed in early December and is now down 100-270 cm. With warming last week this deep persistent slab problem woke up and produced several very large avalanches. Daytime warming, solar radiation, smaller avalanches, and cornice fall could continue to play a role in triggering deep persistent slabs. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":162,"length":28,"key":3}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://avalanche.ca/glossary#above-freezing-layer"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#windward"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#leeward"}},"3":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#deep-persistent-slab"}}}}