{"blocks":[{"key":"b1ajt","text":"Over the past week, the mountains picked up 45-90 cm of new snow, with the final 10-20 cm coming in very cold and light. Strong south winds have had an ample supply snow to drift into reactive slabs on leeward slopes, and cornices may be reaching their breaking point. Winds are forecast to shift to the north and decrease to light, which may have the potential to create an unusual  cross-loading or reverse-loading pattern in wind-exposed areas.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":202,"length":14,"key":0},{"offset":384,"length":13,"key":1},{"offset":401,"length":15,"key":2}],"data":{}},{"key":"7p9sb","text":"Start simple and gather information as you go. Monitor for changing slab conditions as you move into wind-exposed terrain and assess the bond of the new and old snow interface. Seek out softer conditions in wind-sheltered areas. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"5pakc","text":"A concerning weak layer of facets (sugary snow) can be found over a widespread crust that formed in early December (down 100-200 cm). This layer has been most reactive at treeline and low alpine elevations, between 1500-2100 m. Large size 2 and 3 avalanches have been reported recently on this layer. This problem is particularly hard to predict and tricky to manage. Get more details and photos in our forecaster blog. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":27,"length":6,"key":3},{"offset":403,"length":15,"key":4}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#leeward"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#cross-loading","target":"_blank","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#cross-loading"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#reverse-loading","target":"_blank","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#reverse-loading"}},"3":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#faceted-snow"}},"4":{"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"}}}}