{"blocks":[{"key":"2mmlh","text":"The combination of heavy snow and rains with the warm storm earlier this week followed by cooler temperatures has reworked the snowpack. Anticipate refrozen surfaces below treeline up to 1800m or \"dust on crust\".  5-20cm of recent snow (higher levels to the far south) sits atop the highest crust and is bonding poorly. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"a059i","text":"In many areas, freezing rain in the middle of the recent storm has created a thick rain crust which thins with elevation up to 2300m.  In some areas there are two rain crusts: a thin crust near the base of the recent storm snow and a second thicker (1-5cm) crust near the surface.   See this MIN report from near Kokanee Glacier & this MIN report from the South Columbia near Hall Mountain.  This MIN from backcountry near RMR reports a  crust up to 2250m.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":292,"length":3,"key":0},{"offset":336,"length":3,"key":1},{"offset":397,"length":3,"key":2}],"data":{}},{"key":"auno1","text":"We know that prior to this storm there was a widespread large surface hoar.  We know that heavy rains have made this layer no longer an issue in many areas.  However, we suspect this layer may still be preserved in many tree line locations which were not as affected by high freezing levels and rain events.  In other words, if there is no THICK rain crust at and below tree line, be on the look out for buried surface hoar.  ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":62,"length":12,"key":3}],"data":{}},{"key":"6ptjd","text":"In the Alpine, recent winds will have redistributed snow.  These storm slabs sit atop suncrust on solar aspects.  ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"dmlo1","text":"The most notable layer in the lower snowpack is from early November rains (Nov 5 Crust), which is now sitting near the base of the snowpack and is likely surrounded by a weak layer of sugary facets. It is most likely to be reactive to human triggers on shallow rocky slopes in the alpine.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/e7bd81e1-6249-4809-8e26-45cf2532a068"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/e7bd81e1-6249-4809-8e26-45cf2532a068"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/2b483df4-667c-4ec8-82af-a21246adee1c"}},"3":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=surface+hoar#surface-hoar"}}}}