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.

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.

On Saturday, a man was killed during an avalanche just east of Berthoud Pass on Mines Peak, in an area known as The Fingers or High Trail Cliffs.

A backcountry snowboarder was caught, buried and killed in an avalanche Saturday, Feb. 22, on Mines Peak east of Berthoud Pass, according to a preliminary report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

A 50-year-old elementary schoolteacher and renowned river surfer died Saturday in an avalanche above Berthoud Pass. Grand County rescuers were called to Berthoud Pass around 4:45 p.m. following calls

A backcountry skier is dead after being buried in an avalanche on Berthoud Pass Saturday, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - One person is dead after another avalanche occurred on Saturday. The Grand County Sheriff’s Office got a report of a skier-triggered avalanche in “the Fingers” or High Trail Cliffs of Berthoud Pass at 4:45 p.m. Saturday. According to officials, the avalanche did result in one death.

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