The woman killed in a snowboarding accident last month while staying at Retallack Lodge east of New Denver has been identified as Maitreya (Sarah) Burrell.
The Nelson resident was among a group of a dozen people on a backcountry ski-tour. The tragedy occurred on December 29 as they were descending their last run of the day in an area known as Stovepipe in the Stenson Creek drainage.
RCMP say at one point Burrell’s boyfriend noticed she was missing. When their guide returned up the hill and used his avalanche transceiver to locate her, she was found head down in the snow.
She was pulled unconscious and wasn’t breathing. CPR was performed, but she was later pronounced dead in hospital in Kaslo.
It’s believed Burrell, 32, fell backward. She was an experienced snowboarder.