{"blocks":[{"key":"1dchb","text":"A new sun crust is being reported on solar aspects into the alpine and a temperature crust on all aspects at lower elevations. This crust will likely break down and become moist as the freezing levels rise and the sun comes out again.  Ongoing periods of strong wind from the southwest through northwest have formed reactive wind slabs in exposed terrain at higher elevations. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"90bg3","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"cf5hn","text":"The January 30 interface is now typically down 20-40 cm and consists of a melt-freeze crust at lower elevations and on solar aspects extending into the alpine, surface hoar in sheltered areas at and below treeline, and small facets in some areas. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"bk7h0","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"2d5cm","text":"The mid-January interface is now down around 40-70 cm and consists of a crust, facets, and/or surface hoar. It had been dormant prior to the warming but woke up over the weekend and at least a couple avalanches were reported to have stepped down to it.  ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"f9s0t","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6deut","text":"The early-December crust/facet persistent weak layer is buried down 100-200 cm. It had been responsible for significant avalanche activity in this region during the first half of January but is now considered dormant. See this forecaster blog on how to manage this layer as it may come into play again later this season.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":218,"length":24,"key":0}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://avalanche.ca/blogs/the-crust-that-never-dies","target":"_blank","url":"https://avalanche.ca/blogs/the-crust-that-never-dies"}}}}