Colorado has seen 16 people caught, 10 buried, one injured and two die after a series of major mountain snowstorms.

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

Avalanches are claiming lives across the western U.S. Authorities in Colorado said one slide was triggered by a skier in a steep area.

Sarah Steinwand, 41, of Crested Butte, Colorado, was caught in the debris of the avalanche in the backcountry near Silverton, but a man who was skiing with the snowboarder escaped

Colorado snowboarder was killed in powerful snow slide near Silverton while a partner skiing with her survived

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,

One person has been killed in a weekend avalanche in Colorado. Authorities in Grand County responded Saturday to what they described as a skier-triggered avalanche in a steep area known as "The Fingers” above Berthoud Pass in central Colorado.