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

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

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,

A snowboarder died after being caught in an avalanche near Silverton on Thursday. A skier who was also in the avalanche was able to escape. According to a report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center,

A snowboarder was caught and killed in an avalanche in the San Juan Mountains Thursday, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC).