{"blocks":[{"key":"8m032","text":"Last weekend's storm brought 20-80 cm of new snow accompanied by southwesterly winds. The north of the region received highest snowfall amounts, with tapering amounts to the south. Below ~1200 m the majority of the precipitation fell as rain, with 10-20 cm of snow now overlying a thick melt-freeze crust. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"22p3b","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"da1od","text":"Up to 120 cm now overlies the mid-February drought layer. This layer is comprised of surface hoar in sheltered areas, a melt-freeze crust at lower elevations, a sun-crust on steep solar aspects, and hard wind-affected snow in the alpine and exposed treeline. In many areas, the storm snow is bonding poorly to this firm layer.  ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"dcuo4","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7g6s1","text":"The mid-January surface hoar/crust layer is now down 50-150 cm in the snowpack. This layer has not been reactive to skier traffic in the past week but continues to show reactivity in snowpack tests. With a significant amount of new snow, this layer could start to 'wake up' or be triggered from a large load like a cornice fall or a shallower slab avalanche stepping down to this layer. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"5ncm1","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6evae","text":"The facet/crust layer that formed in early December is now buried around 150 to 250 cm.  Human triggering of this layer is unlikely, except perhaps on a re-loaded bed surface or in a shallow snowpack area. This layer may become a concern during periods of warming or heavy loading. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}