Isabella Bolton was killed when a 'surface avalanche' struck on a Hokkaido mountain.
Isabella Bolton was one of two skiers who died in the avalance A 21-year-old skier from Watford has been killed in an avalanche on a Japanese volcano. Isabella Bolton died alongside a man in his thirties from New Zealand, while another New Zealander was injured in the same incident. They had been among a group of six backcountry skiing on Mount Yōtei, an active volcano in the south-east of Hokkaido when the disaster struck on Monday morning.
‘Her adventurous spirit and love for skiing and the outdoors led her to study for a Diploma in Outdoor Adventure Guiding in Banff, Canada.’ Isabella Bolton had travelled widely before her death in Japan The statement said Isabella had travelled to Japan in November last year and was working as a ski guide based in Niseko, a small town in the shadow of Mount Yōtei.
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