{"blocks":[{"key":"flri5","text":"We're still light on field observations from the aftermath of Tuesday's storm, however it it's safe to assume it's been a busy couple of days for natural avalanches, with up to 40 cm of new snow blanketing the region and subsequently being redistributed by strong winds. Activity was likely less pronounced in the north of the region, which saw closer to 15 cm of new snow.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"501v","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7bkjb","text":"Observations from the neighbouring North Columbias may serve to illustrate the kind of activity that likely took place in southern parts of the region on Tuesday and Wednesday. Here, observations show many storm and wind slab releases generally in the size 1.5-2.5 range with several reaching up to size 3. In the Trans-Canada corridor, a size 4 (VERY LARGE) avalanche ran on Mt. Laurie.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"bvbqm","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"c85rq","text":"Persistent slab releases have not figured too prominently in reports thus far, but observations are still limited and the few that have been reported are notable. Check out these MIN reports from the Dore River and the Gorge (near Revelstoke) for an example of the isolated deep releases we're concerned about.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":200,"length":10,"key":0},{"offset":215,"length":9,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"3ura1","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"9se4j","text":"Looking forward to Saturday, it remains a good idea to give recently formed wind slabs a wide berth as you approach wind affected terrain, and to remain suspicious of steeper sheltered slopes where storm snow may have slabbed up over a layer of surface hoar or crust. Using small test slopes to investigate the bond of the storm snow is a good plan, but be cautious about extending your observations to more committing terrain.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"15htf","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"1dvjs","text":"Since field observations in this region are limited, please consider submitting your observations to the Mountain Information Network. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":105,"length":29,"style":"UNDERLINE"}],"entityRanges":[{"offset":105,"length":29,"key":2}],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/4e6d2fbb-0b96-4be7-8e32-71684c85b0c9"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network/submissions/8bb3db8f-3391-441d-9f27-29d25fdce5b5"}},"2":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network","target":"_blank","url":"https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-information-network"}}}}