{"blocks":[{"key":"d7f34","text":"As of Saturday afternoon the storm had produced about 30 cm in the southern portion of the region with potential for another 10 to 20 cm by Sunday morning. Strong to extreme winds Saturday night are expected to readily form storm slabs and a natural avalanche cycle is likely. At alpine and treeline  elevations, fat pockets of wind loaded snow are expected in lee features  such as below ridgecrests and roll-overs.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"8jmfi","text":"The new snow is falling on extensively wind affected and faceted surfaces at all elevations. Typically, the longer a snow surface sits  exposed before being buried, the less eager it is to bond to new snow.  After the clear skies, frigid temperatures and extreme outflows last  week, we suspect that there will be plenty of avalanche activity through  the storm at the new snow interface.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":57,"length":7,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"4g7es","text":"A deep crust from mid November lurks at the base of the snowpack. A couple of recent  large avalanches have run on this layer on lee and cross-loaded  features high in the alpine. As this storm applies significant new snow  loads to the snowpack, these deep layers will feel the stress and we may  see some very large avalanches in high places.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":7,"length":5,"key":1}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#faceted-snow","target":"_self","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#faceted-snow"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#crusts-are-hard-layers-of-snow-usually-created-by-liquid","target":"_self","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#crusts-are-hard-layers-of-snow-usually-created-by-liquid"}}}}