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</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Reports from Saturday included observations of numerous natural storm slab releases from size 1.5-3 throughout the region. Activity was observed on all aspects and elevations, with higher elevations proving the most active. Several very large persistent slabs were observed to have run naturally throughout the north and south Columbias.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Friday's reports showed new storm slabs becoming touchy and producing numerous natural, remotely triggered, and ski cut releases from size 1-2.5. Crown depths ranged from 10-30 cm deep. Two recent size 2.5 natural persistent slab avalanches that failed on the mid-December weak layer were observed at 1500-1700 metres in the north of the region.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Explosive control on Wednesday and Thursday yielded numerous persistent slab results from size 2 to 3.5 on all aspects/elevations. All our persistent weak layers of concern were active. The mid-December layer is also suspected in two natural size 4 releases in and near the Glacier National Park area.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On Tuesday, a size 2.5 avalanche on a northeast facing slope at 1920 m in the Clemina Creek area resulted in a single fatality. </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.avalanche.ca/map?panel=fatal-accident/fatal-recreational-accident-clemina-creek-2018-01-30" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">More details are available here</span></a><span class="s_3FE45715">.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715"> </span></p>