{"blocks":[{"key":"1tjku","text":"New snow and wind will likely build reactive storm slabs through Friday. This new snow will bury older wind slabs from last weekend's storm and existing  surface hoar that has been reported throughout the Kootenay Pass and Nelson area. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":154,"length":12,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"93lcd","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"85qeq","text":"Below the new snow 50 to 80 cm of a well-consolidated upper snowpack overlies a substantial crust that formed in early December. This crust is approximately 10 cm thick on average and is present across all aspects to at least 2300m. A layer of weak facets (sugary snow) has been reported above this crust. This problem is particularly hard to predict and tricky to manage. For this reason, wide, conservative terrain margins and disciplined backcountry travel techniques will be very important. Get more details and photos in our forecaster blog. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":530,"length":15,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"88hp3","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"c0jng","text":"The lower snowpack is composed of several early-season crusts. Snow depths at treeline average 150-200 cm. Below 1800 m the snowpack remains relatively shallow with 80-120 cm on average. The deepest snowpack can be found in the Kootenay Pass area.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"br9vb","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/the-last-straw","target":"_blank","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/the-last-straw"}}}}