A skier was able to escape after being buried by an avalanche in Bear Creek on Wednesday, according to the San Miguel County ...

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

A snowboarder was killed in an avalanche near Silverton, Colorado on February 20, 2025.

If you get caught in an avalanche and can’t escape, you can try to grab onto a tree. But you’ll have to do this very quickly because avalanches pick up speed within seconds — and getting carried at ...