{"blocks":[{"key":"eoa6v","text":"30-50 cm of recent storm snow blanketed the region by Tuesday morning from a series of recent storms. Recent strong to extreme winds have redistributed some of this new snow building wind slabs on leeward slopes and scouring windward slopes.  Much of this wind was west / southwest but variable winds have been reported across the region - including northerly winds.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"eiluk","text":"Below 1800m a rain crust has about 10-20cm of recent snow on top of it.  Above this elevation, a deeper crust remains a concern. A deeper crust from early December is down 70-100  cm. This persistent weak layer, with facetted crystals and surface hoar crystals above and/or below it may be reaching a tipping point. Smaller avalanches may step-down to this weak layer. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":189,"length":21,"key":0},{"offset":217,"length":17,"key":1},{"offset":239,"length":12,"key":2},{"offset":339,"length":10,"key":3}],"data":{}},{"key":"7up0i","text":"The base of the snowpack consists of a hard melt-freeze crust from early-November that may also have weak crystals around it. This potential avalanche problem is dormant at this time, however; it remains on our radar. The most likely spot to trigger it would be on thin and rocky slopes or,  like above, from step down avalanches in the recent storm snow.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"2ul44","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=persistent+weak+laye#persistent-weak-layer"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=facet#facetcrust-layer"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar"}},"3":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=step+down#step-down-avalanche"}}}}