{"blocks":[{"key":"11fdm","text":"20-40 cm of snow from light snowfalls over the week now overlies older wind-affected snow at high elevations as well as a widespread melt-freeze or rain crust with an upper extent that varies from 1900 metres in some areas to mountaintop in others. The depth of new snow diminishes considerably at lower elevations. This snow has shown variable reactivity, with reports showing a mix of soft wind slabs around treeline, sluffing of low density snow in steep terrain, and poor bonding with the buried crust where it exists.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"feo09","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"5vhjg","text":"The mid and lower snowpack are generally well settled and strong, but contain two deeper weak layers that we have been tracking since the early part of the season. The late December surface hoar layer, buried 100 to 180 cm deep, is now suspected to be dormant and for the most part bridged over by the firm crust mentioned above. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":182,"length":12,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"c1dsq","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"8d7fg","text":"The facet/crust layer from November exists near the ground in the highest elevations of the region and may not be bridged by the crust in these areas. It remains a limited concern that is likely only able to be triggered with a large load, in high elevation, thin snowpack areas of the Selkirks and the southern half of the region.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":4,"length":11,"key":1}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar","target":"_self","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#surface-hoar"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#facetcrust-layer"}}}}