{"blocks":[{"key":"1tjku","text":"There are reports of a surface crust on steep solar aspects from the recent warm temperatures and sun, 1-10 cm thick. Surface hoar growth is widespread in terrain that hasn't seen recent wind, mostly 5-10 mm, and up to 25 mm. The thickest crusts and largest surface hoar have been reported around Whitewater ski resort. Thinner surface crusts may be breaking down with overnight cooling and surface hoar formation. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"dq0nk","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"16bco","text":"A series of recent surface hoar layers and melt-freeze crusts can be found in the top 50 cm of the snowpack, up to 2400 m. The crusts are thicker on southerly aspects (up to 6 cm). These layers have not been resulting in recent avalanches and have not produced concerning results in snowpack tests yet. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6h8hf","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7bmjv","text":"A strong, well-consolidated mid-pack exists below this and above the early December crust/facet interface. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"da7oo","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"jn6e","text":"The early December crust/facet layer has been responsible for sporadic but very large, persistent slab avalanches over the past month. The crust is now buried 120-200 cm deep except in thin, wind-affected areas near ridgetops.  Daytime warming, sun, cornice fall, and smaller avalanches could all play a role in triggering low probability, high consequence deep persistent slab avalanches. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":323,"length":33,"key":0}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://avalanche.ca/glossary#low-probability-high-consequence"}}}}