Few details were immediately available but a sheriff's office spokesperson said the avalanche was triggered around 4:45 p.m. in the "Fingers Area" on Berthoud Pass near Winter Park.

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

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

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

A person was killed by a deadly avalanche on Berthoud Pass. Nate Belt spoke with an avalanche expert on the impacts an avalanche can have.

Friends said 50-year-old Nathan Ginn was killed in the Feb. 22 slide. The avalanche death is the third this season, the second in two days.