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</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On Thursday a skier triggered a size 3 avalanche just after entering the east face of Evening Ridge at 2000m 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 2 additional size 2.5 avalanches. Also on Thursday, a natural size 1.5 persistent slab avalanche likely failing on the mid-December surface hoar was observed on a west facing feature during the heat of the day.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On Monday another avalanche failing on the mid-December interface was triggered remotely from 10 m away as a skier approached a rocky outcropping on an east/southeast facing feature around 1900 m, MIN report with photos </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.avalanche.ca/map?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/689c3699-0722-4274-8086-0aa6e331b7c0" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">here</span></a><span class="s_3FE45715">. A skier also triggered a small storm slab on a west facing feature around 2200 m Monday which was suspected to have failed on the late December surface hoar. </span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On New Years Eve a </span><a id='GoToAdded' href="http://www.avalanche.ca/map?panel=mountain-information-network-submissions/8381b4f5-f27d-40de-b98e-f3c664b4ba07" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">skier was involved in an avalanche</span></a><span class="s_3FE45715"> on an east facing treeline feature at Kootenay Pass. A recent crown profile has shown that this avalanche failed on the late November crust/facet interface.</span></p>