{"blocks":[{"key":"ea3ra","text":"We have variable new snow totals from the weekend of up to 90 cm in Pine Pass, 50-70 cm in Sentinel Pass, 60 cm in Renshaw (including a pulse prior to the weekend), 70 cm over the previous crust in Torpy, and a less impressive (estimated) 25 cm in the Core Lodge area. Kakwa seems closer to a 5-day 30 cm. This snow has undergone significant transformation from strong south winds in exposed areas and from freezing levels reaching about 1600 metres on Monday.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"2jh8h","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"d2a8m","text":"We now have roughly 90-110 cm overlying a weak layer of faceted snow (and potentially surface hoar) from mid February, as well as another especially problematic, slightly deeper, widespread persistent weak layer from late January/early February that consists of surface hoar. This layer is now about 120-160 cm deep in some of our snowfall hotspots. It is most prevalent around treeline elevations, but likely reaches into the alpine and in openings below treeline too. These layers are both significantly shallower in the east of the region.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":262,"length":12,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"4ua8h","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"aem08","text":"A couple of point observations from Torpy and Bijoux on Monday and Tuesday are beginning to suggest a scenario where a combination of natural avalanche activity, melt-freeze cycles, and the massive weight of our recent storm snow has done a great deal to either flush out or stabilize our persistent slab problems in the west of the region (think Pine Pass to Renshaw) The situation is less certain on the east slope, where significantly less storm snow likely leaves these problems within the reach of human triggering, with a bit of added consequence from their increased depth.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=persistent+weak+layer#surface-hoar"}}}}