{"blocks":[{"key":"eae9v","text":"Observations of the storm's aftermath in the Golden area on Wednesday showed explosives control yielding many size 2 (large) storm slabs about 40 cm deep, but with a variability in depth that shows good evidence of wind redistribution.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6mkq0","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"a8j2r","text":"In the Quartz Creek area, a skier triggered a size 2 (large) storm slab on a 35 degree, north-facing slope at 2100 metres, giving a good indication of storm instabilities that certainly didn't require explosives to produce large avalanches. Check out these MIN reports from the Quartz Creek zone again on Thursday. Riders here had several encounters with reactive slabs formed over surface hoar.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":278,"length":12,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"c9uts","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"61p12","text":"On Thursday we also received reports of the natural avalanche cycle during the storm producing avalanches reaching size 3 in the central part of the region, lending support to the idea that some larger releases may have involved persistent weak layers.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"cuppb","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"39dt3","text":"Looking forward to Saturday, it remains a very good idea to give newly formed wind slabs a wide berth as you approach wind affected terrain, and to remain suspicious of steeper sheltered slopes where new snow may have slabbed up over a layer of surface hoar or crust. Using small test slopes to investigate the bond of new snow is a good plan, but be cautious about extending your observations to more committing terrain.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"a1elb","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/d5e1387c-4ed2-40be-99cb-d43b836c0ec9"}}}}