{"blocks":[{"key":"1tjku","text":"Saturday's storm brought 10-30 cm of new snow to the region. On Saturday afternoon, warm temperatures created a thin rain crust on the snow surface in the Nelson and Kootenay Pass area. 3-10 cm of snow overlies this thin crust. In wind exposed areas strong southwest wind has been the dominant feature, transported the new snow into wind slabs in lee features. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6bsm8","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"btl6l","text":"Below this new snow, last week's storm snow overlies a layer of more consolidated snow over a substantial crust that formed in early December. This crust is 10cm thick on average and is present across all aspects to at least 2300m. A layer of weak facets (sugary snow) has been reported above this crust in Kootenay Pass and the Whitewater backcountry, and likely exists in other areas. This problem is particularly hard to predict and tricky to manage. For this reason wide, conservative terrain margins and disciplined backcountry travel techniques will be very important. Get more details and photos in our forecaster blog. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":610,"length":15,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"88hp3","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"c0jng","text":"The lower snowpack is composed of several early season crusts. Snow depths at treeline average 150-200 cm. Below 1800m the snowpack remains relatively shallow with 80-120cm on average. The deepest snowpack can be found in the Kootenay Pass area.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"br9vb","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/the-last-straw","target":"_blank","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/the-last-straw"}}}}