A man was killed by an avalanche while back country skiing south of Revelstoke late Sunday afternoon.

The man was buried in the Ghost Peak area around 4:40 p.m., according to Revelstoke RCMP. His fellow skiers were able to locate him via his avalanche beacon, but by the time they dug him and Revelstoke Search and Rescue arrived on the scene he was pronounced dead.

Authorities waited into Monday afternoon for bad weather, high winds and the avalanche risk to abate so they could remove the man's body.

The man's name isn't being released as his family are still being notified.

Revelstoke Mounties are reminding any back country enthusiasts to check the Canadian Avalanche Centre's website (http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/) for avalanche forecasts before heading out. RCMP also urged people to travel in a group and always ensure users have appropriate emergency equipment, and knowledge of how to use the equipment.

Meanwhile, a snowmobiler killed Friday by an avalanche near Sparwood, B.C. has been identified by the BC Coroners Service as 33-year-old Steven Burke Hall.

Hall, from Birchcliff, Alta., was with six other snowmobilers when the avalanche was triggered.

The CAC's avalanche risk remained high for much of B.C. Monday and the following three days. It listed conditions as very dangerous at treeline and alpine levels of the mountain and a considerable risk for those areas below the treeline.

The CAC advised against travel in the mountains along the south coast, in the Columbia range as well as the south Rockies.

Sunday's death was the province's third avalanche-related death in the past week.

A Squamish man, 44, died last Tuesday in an avalanche near his home.