A forecaster says ripe avalanche conditions are expected to persist across much of British Columbia for the rest of the week.

essentially throughout the province," Jessie Percival of Avalanche Canada told CBC News. For the North Shore mountains and Sunshine Coast, the national organization says "loose wet avalanches ...

Antoine Graebling says the avalanche was size 2.5 (on a 1-5 scale), which Avalanche Canada classifies as being large enough to bury or kill a person. By way of comparison, size 3 could destroy ...