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</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On Tuesday a widespread natural avalanche cycle to size 2.5 was reported from all aspects and elevations as the upper snowpack adjusted to a new load and increasingly warm temperatures.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On Wednesday control work around Kootenay Pass produced very large avalanches to size 3.5 on southwest, south and southeast aspects. Natural avalanches ran to size 2.5 on southeast, east and northeast aspects. These avalanches may have started as storm slabs, but quickly stepped down to the mid-December and/or late November weak layers. An awesome MIN post from the same day also details some spooky skier-triggered avalanche activity around treeline in the Nelson area. Click </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.avalanche.ca/map/forecasts/kootenay-boundary?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/fd805b6a-3363-423b-95be-0de77d8b09df" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">here</span></a><span class="s_3FE45715"> for details. At the time of publishing this bulletin, no new avalanche activity had been reported, but I don't expect conditions to have improved to any significant extent.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Looking forward, natural avalanche activity may taper-off somewhat; however, human triggering of large, destructive persistent slab avalanches at all elevation bands is expected to continue for the foreseeable future in many parts of the region.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715"> </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715"> </span></p>