In a separate incident, four people caught in another avalanche escaped serious injury, Colorado officials say.

Few details were immediately available but a sheriff's office spokesperson said the avalanche was triggered around 4:45 p.m.

The victim was traveling on a terrain feature known as The Nose near Silverton, Colo., when the avalanche occurred on ...

Sarah Steinwand, 41, of Crested Butte, Colorado, was caught in the debris of the avalanche in the backcountry near Silverton, ...

A snowboarder in Colorado's backcountry was killed in an avalanche west of Silverton on Thursday.

One person is dead after a Saturday evening avalanche in northern Colorado’s Rocky Mountains near Berthoud Pass in Grand ...

Officials say a snowmobile rider was caught, buried and killed in an avalanche west of Denver on Saturday. According to the ...

A snowmobiler was rescued after being buried in an avalanche, Colorado officials said. On Monday the snowmobiler was caught ...

As one man became buried, the other tried to locate him by using his avalanche rescue transceiver, officials with the ...

A backcountry snowboarder has died in an avalanche near Colorado’s Ophir Pass. The victim was a 41-year-old woman from ...

Officials at the Colorado Avalanche Information Center are urging skiers, snowboarders, and others in the mountains to be ...