{"blocks":[{"key":"8p01t","text":"Flurries and loose snow with fresh wind is encouraging new slabs to form.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"b70i3","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"960vg","text":"On Wednesday skiers triggered size 1-1.5 wind slabs on southerly slopes with 20-40 cm crowns in the Whistler/Blackcomb backcountry. A handful of small (size 1) wet-loose avalanches were also reported.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"90fat","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"b78i0","text":"On Tuesday, sluffing and thin soft slabs were reactive to skiers on north and east aspects, and pinwheeling and loose-dry avalanches were observed in steep and solar features.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"ddor","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"24fja","text":"A bout of strong northerly winds last Thursday (Feb 11) caused conditions in the region to change rapidly, with new, touchy, and large wind slabs forming in unusual places. Hard, reactive were triggered by skiers resulting in a string of recent serious avalanche accidents. The wind slabs,  which were most problematic on southeast, south and southwest facing slopes have decreased in reactivity through the week, however with another pulse of moisture this weekend, new loading could still stress the interface below old, stiff slabs.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6cu3q","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"1ci2p","text":"On Monday. A size 2 persistent avalanche was triggered by a skier on the west side of Blackcomb Peak, the crown ranged from 5-90 cm and failed on facets. A size 1.5 windslab was remote triggered on the northwest face of Oboe. Additionally, numerous dry-loose avalanches were observed up to size 2, many running far and entraining large amounts of snow. Wet-loose avalanches failed naturally and were reactive to skiers Monday afternoon.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"79eab","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"e3smh","text":"Sunday was a much quieter day for avalanche activity. Avalanche control work produced very small avalanches with the exception being a single size 2.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"92ovs","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"3ee9a","text":"A fatal avalanche occurred in the region on Saturday in the Brandywine valley. The person caught was carried several hundred meters over steep, rugged terrain and through treed slopes below. The avalanche is described as a size 1 (small) wind slab on a southwest aspect at 1700 m. The incident report can be seen here.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":313,"length":4,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"3ghn8","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"bq4h0","text":"On Friday, a large (size 2.5), fatal avalanche was triggered by skiers at 2200 m on a west-facing slope on Phalanx Mountain. The avalanche is described as a wind slab that formed to the lee of recent strong east winds. Two people out of a group of three were involved in the avalanche and one person was killed. The incident report can be seen here. A second, smaller (size 1.5) wind slab was triggered by skiers on a nearby slope, again causing injury to the person involved.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":344,"length":4,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"br0ba","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"3haas","text":"Thursday, two skiers were involved in an avalanche in the Supercouloir feature of Mamquam Mountain. This avalanche was a natural wind slab release and again resulted in serious injuries and an urgent evacuation by helicopter ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"5rk7d","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/?panel=fatal-accidents/fatal-avalanche-accident-brandywine-bowl-20210213"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/?panel=fatal-accidents/fatal-avalanche-accident-phalanx-mountain-20210212"}}}}