On that day, the life of Isabella Skye Bolton, my 21-year-old daughter, was tragically taken in an avalanche on Mt Yotei in Hokkaido, Japan. When Isabella died, the academy at Banff wrote:“It is with profound sadness that we say goodbye to our dear friend and alumni Isabella Bolton. Isabella celebrating her 21st birthday in Banff, Canada, with her mother, father and friends, the day before her graduation. Jane and Isabella in Zermatt, Switzerland, when Isabella was around 6 months old and visiting snow for the first time. It means burying my only child and then rebuilding a life, a new chapter, I did not ask for.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 13, 2026 18:08 UTC