{"blocks":[{"key":"bb9jl","text":"Significant variability in surface conditions is likely to be found in the region. In the Elk Valley and further west, a solid new surface melt freeze crust now likely caps the snowpack below about 2000 metres. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"bn58k","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7f8qq","text":"As a result of precipitation continuing as temperatures fell on Saturday night on the east slope of the range, roughly 20-30 cm of new snow, tapering with elevation, likely sits above a similar crust. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6c6rs","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"9bgob","text":"Above 2000 metres, suspected new snow amounts of 20-40 cm have been heavily impacted by strong to extreme southwest winds that affected the entire region. This new snow overlies previously wind affected surfaces.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"320s3","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"a6ec9","text":"A well consolidated mid-pack overlies a generally weak basal snowpack. The bottom 10-20 cm of the snowpack consists of facets and deteriorating crusts. While there has been little in the way of avalanche activity on this layer recently, it may be possible for a large load to trigger it in a shallow, rocky start zone. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":119,"length":6,"key":0},{"offset":292,"length":25,"key":1}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#faceted-snow"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#a-shallow-rocky-start-zone-is-an-area-of-the-snowpack"}}}}