{"blocks":[{"key":"c99h0","text":"There has been an alarming pattern of large, persistent slab avalanches being reported each day this week.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":106,"style":"BOLD"},{"offset":0,"length":106,"style":"ITALIC"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"ban3o","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"29mn4","text":"On Friday, a skier triggered a size 3.5 (very large) avalanche on Whale's Back near Nelson. The crown was over 500 m wide, the slide wiped out 30 year old timber and the debris piled 6 m deep. The previously tracked slope was triggered from on top of a ridge/rib feature, where the snowpack is likely thinner. This is a good example of smart terrain travel as the skier who triggered it from the rib was not caught in the avalanche.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":9,"style":"UNDERLINE"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"34kv2","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"ekd3j","text":"Also on Friday, another skier triggered avalanche was reported at Apex mountain, just west of the region. This one was a remotely triggered wind slab and the skier was caught but uninjured.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"407ac","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"45aur","text":"On Thursday, evidence of a natural size 2.5 persistent slab avalanche was observed on a northeast aspect at 2000m in the Bonnington Range.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":11,"style":"UNDERLINE"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"decq2","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"e2s9f","text":"On Wednesday, a skier triggered size 2 storm slab stepped down to the early December crust at Kootenay Pass and a naturally triggered size 3 persistent slab was reported in this MIN post from near Rossland.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":12,"style":"UNDERLINE"}],"entityRanges":[{"offset":178,"length":8,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"7koru","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7dt9p","text":"On Tuesday, explosive control work at Kootenay Pass produced numerous persistent slab avalanches failing on the early December crust, up to size 3.5.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":10,"style":"UNDERLINE"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"aj23o","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"cgjsk","text":"On Monday, several riders were involved in a human triggered size 2.5 persistent slab avalanche near Nelson. The avalanche occurred on a southeast aspect at approximately 1900 m. The treeline slope was heavily wind effected and the rider triggered the avalanche from a thin spot where the layer was only around 60 cm deep. Here is the MIN report of the incident.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":10,"style":"UNDERLINE"}],"entityRanges":[{"offset":335,"length":11,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"anc6a","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"9i661","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"bljqm","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/590697aa-77c8-44e0-ab5a-c1bae37ef015"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/a92f86ee-67ed-11ec-9dce-1a27fbd52e5f"}}}}