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</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On Monday control work produced avalanches to size 2.0 on northwest through east facing slopes. Both natural and skier triggered loose dry avalanches to size 1.5 were also reported.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On Sunday a small skier triggered avalanche was reported on a southeast facing feature at 1600 m. Although only a size 1.0, this avalanche had a crown height of 55 cm and failed on the mid-December surface hoar. A second skier triggered avalanche on a north facing feature had a crown depth of 40 cm. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Last Thursday a skier triggered a size 3.0 avalanche just after entering the east face of Evening Ridge at 2000 m near Nelson. The avalanche released to ground and the late November crust was likely involved. The avalanche caught and carried the skier for over 300 m, resulting in significant injuries. Subsequent avalanche control in the area produced two additional size 2.5 avalanches. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On New Years Eve a size 3 avalanche on an east facing treeline feature at Kootenay Pass resulted in a single fatality. A crown profile has shown that this avalanche failed on the late November crust. </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.avalanche.ca/map/forecasts/kootenay-boundary?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/8381b4f5-f27d-40de-b98e-f3c664b4ba07" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">Click here to see the Mountain Information Network report for this incident.</span></a><span class="s_AA239A9B" /></p>