Avalanche buries and kills backcountry snowboarder, Colorado officials say
In a separate incident, four people caught in another avalanche escaped serious injury, Colorado officials say.
Colorado Snowboarder Becomes Fourth Person Killed in Avalanche This Week
The victim was traveling on a terrain feature known as The Nose near Silverton, Colo., when the avalanche occurred on Thursday, officials said.
Backcountry snowboarder killed in avalanche north of Silverton
A backcountry snowboarder was killed in an avalanche Thursday near Ophir Pass north of Silverton. A 41-year-old woman from Crested Butte was snowboarding a line known locally as “The Nose” when she
Snowboarder killed in Colorado avalanche in 4th slide death in West this week
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,
Caught on camera: Snowmobilers escape avalanche in Colorado backcountry Saturday
Cell phone video taken from just to the side of where the slide happened, shows several snowmobilers riding in the area just before the avalanche starts. You can see at least one
Snowboarder buried and killed in avalanche near Silverton
A snowboarder was buried and killed in an avalanche in the Middle Fork of Mineral Creek drainage, west of Silverton. According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, a snowboarder and a backcountry skier were in The Nose in the San Juan Mountains,
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