{"blocks":[{"key":"1g0io","text":"Forecast 10cm snow on Tuesday will bury surface hoar that has been reported in the Shames areas and elsewhere.  New snow will fall with moderate to strong south winds and wind transported snow may build fresh wind slabs over this buried surface hoar.  Deep wind slabs may remain reactive from the Christmas Eve storm, especially where they sit on top of surface hoar.   Look for signs of wind effect: scoured surfaces, sastrougi, reverse wind loading, cross loaded gullies and deep wind slabs (100-150cm deep) in lee features.  ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":40,"length":12,"key":0},{"offset":388,"length":11,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"72j4s","text":"Significant variability exists with buried weak layers.  Last week's 40-60cm of snow  may sit atop a crust or surface hoar layer as was reported in  Shames.   A zone of reactivity has been noted in riding areas along highway 113 north of terrace, which may be due to a deeper surface soar layer in this zone coupled with recent wind slabs. A crust that was buried in early December is now down 90-120cm plus and has facets and potentially the above mentioned surface hoar in sheltered areas. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":149,"length":6,"key":2},{"offset":416,"length":6,"key":3}],"data":{}},{"key":"7167u","text":"The early-November crust is buried around 170-200 cm at treeline and deeper in the alpine. This crust may have weak and sugary facets above it in parts of the region. This layer is currently dormant but remains on our radar.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":19,"length":5,"key":4},{"offset":127,"length":6,"key":5}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=surface+hoar#surface-hoar","target":"_blank","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=surface+hoar#surface-hoar"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=wind#wind-effect"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/4fd89c28-4487-4efd-8b00-bf73f020f1c1","target":"_blank","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/4fd89c28-4487-4efd-8b00-bf73f020f1c1"}},"3":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=facet#faceted-snow","target":"_blank","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=facet#faceted-snow"}},"4":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=crust#crusts","target":"_blank","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=crust#crusts"}},"5":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=facet#faceted-snow","target":"_blank","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/glossary?q=facet#faceted-snow"}}}}