{"blocks":[{"key":"7e8e3","text":"Light snowfalls over the past week brought around 15-30 cm of snow to the region, with a focus toward the south and west of the region. Bouts of strong southwest wind over the same period formed new wind slabs on leeward slopes at higher elevations while warm temperatures caused surface snow to melt below about at least 1500 metres and in some areas created moist snow up to 2000 metres.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"9lieb","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"flo29","text":"A layer of surface hoar that formed in late December appears to be gaining strength. It can be found 70 cm deep around Golden, 30 cm deep around Invermere, 70 cm deep around Kimberley, and 100 cm deep along Kootenay Lake.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":11,"length":12,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"7htpi","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"bgv42","text":"As usual for the Purcells, the base of the snowpack contains basal facets and it remains possible to trigger these deep weak layers in shallow rocky start zones or from a heavy trigger such as a cornice fall or explosives.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":61,"length":12,"key":1},{"offset":135,"length":25,"key":2}],"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":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#basal-facets","target":"_self","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary#basal-facets"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary/#a-shallow-rocky-start-zone-is-an-area-of-the-snowpack","target":"_self","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary/#a-shallow-rocky-start-zone-is-an-area-of-the-snowpack"}}}}