{"blocks":[{"key":"3gofe","text":"Another near miss associated with our late January persistent weak layer occurred in the area of Spectrum Peak, near Rainbow Mountain on Sunday. At least three large avalanches with 1-2 metre crown fractures were remotely triggered by a group of hikers. Fortunately no one was caught. Wind loading at the start zone may account for fracture depths that exceed the typical burial depth of the suspected weak layer.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"798b8","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"ebn2s","text":"On Saturday in the South Coast Inland region a fatal size 3 (very large) skier triggered avalanche was reported in the Duffey Lake area. It ran on the same persistent weak layer from late January mentioned above and described in our snowpack summary. This avalanche was triggered in a upper treeline feature on a northeast aspect and showed significant propagation. Click here to read a more detailed report. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":372,"length":4,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"ebruc","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"836jf","text":"This is the same layer that was responsible for a skier triggered size 2.5 avalanche last week on Rainbow mountain. Several smaller skier triggered avalanches on this layer were also reported throughout the week. Most of the avalanche activity on this layer has taken place between 1800m and 2000m but it can be found above and below this elevation band. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"21qm6","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"4g691","text":"We anticipate a significant increase in the likelihood of avalanches on this layer during the warming pattern that ends Sunday night.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/map?panel=fatal-accidents%2Ffatal-avalanche-accident-cassiope-peak-20220205"}}}}