{"blocks":[{"key":"akduc","text":"Including Saturday's 5 cm of new snow, roughly 15 cm should accumulate in the region by the end of the day on Sunday. Winds in advance of and during this snowfall have been at times strong at higher elevations and expected to undergo a shift from northeast to south, meaning reactive new wind slabs should be expected on a wide range of aspects.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7io5c","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"24q9e","text":"The surface beneath our accumulating snow consists of a thin cover of lower density (likely faceted) snow (where not already windblown) over a mix of thin breakable crust and yet more old wind-affected snow. 30-40 cm of gradually faceting storm snow below this mix, a more supportive crust solidly caps the snowpack below about 1400 metres. This crust may be absent at higher elevations.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"46ac","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"bedso","text":"100-150 cm of snow sits over a widespread persistent weak layer. This weak layer consists of a thick crust with weak facets on top of it in many areas. In most areas where it remains preserved, this layer is likely not triggerable due to bridging by overlying dense snow and crusts (this applies to the North Shore). There is some uncertainty about the possibility for continued reactivity at this interface in steep terrain at higher elevations in the interior and north of the region, but only where it has not previously avalanched and where the overlying snowpack may have failed to form an effective bridge over it.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":117,"length":6,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"6o5ue","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"37qii","text":"Click here to check out North Shore Rescue's snowpack update from February 12. It's an excellent snapshot of conditions on the North Shore in advance of the current storm pattern.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":6,"length":5,"key":1}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=crust#faceted-snow"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://m.facebook.com/NorthShoreRescue/?tsid=0.8011487290890125&source=result"}}}}