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</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">A group of sledders triggered a large avalanche not far from Blue River on Friday resulting in one fatality. Some information is available </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://clearwater.bc.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=1017&amp;languageId=1&amp;contentId=33853" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">here</span></a><span class="s_3FE45715">.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">In the neighboring North Columbia Monashee and Selkirk region:</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On Friday we received numerous reports of small soft slabs running on the March 13 Surface Hoar/Crust combo.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On Thursday avalanches ran naturally to size 2.5. Explosive control work produced avalanches to size 3. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Back in the Cariboos, on Wednesday riders remote triggered avalanches to size 2 on steep NE facing slopes at treeline. One natural size 3 on a relatively steep NE facing bowl feature was also observed, likely failing on the February 10th </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.fsavalanche.org/encyclopedia/persistent_weak_layers.htm" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">PWL</span></a><span class="s_3FE45715">.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">The group involved in a very close call with a size 3.5 avalanche in the Ozalenka Valley south of McBride submitted a great incident report. Check it out </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/library/incident-report-database/view/d6fe59e5-6b34-4c2d-94c6-8df7ef637e3a" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">here</span></a><span class="s_3FE45715">. It's an excellent example of the kind of activity we've been seeing throughout the interior in the last week.</span></p>