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.

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

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.

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.

GRAND COUNTY, Colo. — One person was killed in an avalanche in Grand County Saturday. The Grand County Sheriff's Office said at around 4:45 p.m. Saturday, dispatchers received a report of a skier-triggered avalanche in the Fingers area on Berthoud Pass.

GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - One person is dead after an avalanche in Grand County Saturday afternoon. According to the Grand County Sheriff’s Office, they got a report of an avalanche triggered by a skier in the “Fingers Area” of Berthoud Pass around 4:45 p.m..