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

One person was killed Saturday when a skier triggered an avalanche in Colorado, the Grand County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

A snowboarder was killed in an avalanche in the mountains of southwestern Colorado on Thursday, the fourth person to die in an avalanche in the U.S. West this week after a string of winter storms. Sarah Steinwand,

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

A backcountry snowboarder has died in an avalanche near Colorado’s Ophir Pass. The victim was a 41-year-old woman from Crested Butte. She was riding a line known as “The Nose” on February 20, 2025 when she and her partner were caught in a slide,