{"blocks":[{"key":"do1lu","text":"Saturday's 10-20cm of storm snow was redistributed by moderate to strong winds into wind slabs in the alpine and treeline. This new snow overlies a variety of wind effected surfaces formed by strong to extreme winds, stripping many areas in the alpine and exposed treeline and creating hard wind slab in others.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"cp3tk","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"94vbh","text":"Below this, a layer of more consolidated snow sits over a substantial crust that formed in early December. This crust is up to 20cm thick and is present across all aspects below 2400m. Up to 10cm of faceting 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":199,"length":8,"key":0},{"offset":467,"length":15,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"2536h","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"9359l","text":"Snowpack depths vary due to strong to extreme southwest winds that stripped snow off of exposed areas and deposited it onto lee slopes. Below 2300m, several early season crusts make up the lower snowpack. Snowpack depths range from 60-100 cm at treeline elevations and taper quickly below 1900m.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":124,"length":10,"key":2}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#faceted-snow"}},"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"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#leeward"}}}}