{"blocks":[{"key":"bnrte","text":"A new layer of large surface hoar has been observed on the surface in sheltered areas of the region with a thin sun crust observed on many steep, sun exposed aspects. These surfaces are now being buried. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"8qc00","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"f7l3m","text":"Below the surface, 15-30 cm of recent snow has been either blown into soft wind slabs in alpine lees or remains low density. The interface below this snow may present as surface hoar on sheltered, shaded aspects, as a sun crust on steep sun-exposed aspects or as a more widespread melt-freeze crust below about 1700 metres. Reactivity at this layer has been noted in several recent MIN reports.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":96,"length":4,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"49ocr","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"4ekjp","text":"Below this interface, 60 to 120 cm of older storm snow is resting on a widespread layer of large, feathery, surface hoar from mid-December. This layer was a primary failure plane in the large natural avalanche cycle observed last week. Activity on this interface has tapered off, but there is concern for loading from forecast snowfall to reinvigorate avalanche activity at this depth.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":108,"length":12,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"eitg7","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"1htrl","text":"A weak layer formed in late November is now buried around 1 m or more below the surface. Concern for this layer is limited to variable snowpack depth areas in the high alpine where it most likely exists as a combination of facets and crust.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#leeward","target":"_self","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#leeward"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar","target":"_self","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar"}}}}