First Avalanche Fatality of Season Rocks Canada

Avalanche Canada is reporting on the country's first avalanche-related fatality of the Winter '24/'25 season this morning, February 19, 2025.According to the preliminary report, the first skier in a group of two triggered a large wind slab avalanche near the top of Kapristo Mountain on the eastern edge of British Columbia on Monday, February 17, 2025.The heavy slab was an average of 20cm (8in) deep and 30m (100ft) wide. The avalanche funneled through a narrow gulley running approximately 990m (3