The family of a New Zealand ski guide killed in an avalanche in Japan says she was full of vitality and life and had a passion for the outdoors.
Twenty-one-year old Isabella Bolton from Christchurch died when the avalanche hit a group of six people on the Mount Yotei skifield on the island of Hokkaido on Monday.
A New Zealand man in his 30s was also killed.
Ben Strang spoke to RNZ's Tokyo correspondent Chris Gilbert.
