{"blocks":[{"key":"e4gle","text":"Recent strong winds built wind slabs in lee features at upper elevations over a variety of surfaces, including isolated surface hoar, sun crusts, and settling storm snow. Ongoing snow and wind over the past week have contributed to notable cornice growth. A new sun crust may be forming on steep solar aspects. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"29hb2","text":"50-70 cm of snow from the past week has buried a weak of layer of surface hoar that is likely to be preserved in sheltered, open slopes at and below treeline. Observers in the south of the region continue to report sudden results in the snowpack tests and shooting cracks on this layer. Don't let benign weather lure you into complacency. Recent avalanche activity demonstrates that this layer is likely to be reactive where it is preserved and that it warrants careful assessment. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":66,"length":12,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"1ggab","text":"A couple of older persistent weak layers exist in the mid to lower snowpack. The distribution of these layers is variable, but they follow a similar pattern to the layer discussed above. The upper layer from late December, down about 70-120 cm, consists of spotty surface hoar at shaded treeline and below treeline elevations. The lower layer from early December buried 120-190 cm deep consists of a combination of decomposing surface hoar with a crust and faceted snow. Snowpack tests on these layers show increasingly unreactive results, suggesting a trend towards dormancy. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":457,"length":12,"key":1}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar","target":"_blank","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#faceted-snow","target":"_blank","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#faceted-snow"}}}}