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.

WINTER PARK, Colo. — A snowboarder was killed in an avalanche in central Colorado on Saturday, marking just the latest fatality stemming from avalanches in the western U.S. this season.

A man was rescued after an avalanche buried him on the slopes of Vail Pass in central Colorado on Monday afternoon. He and another man had been out snowmobiling on Shrine Mountain west of Vail ...

A snowboarder was killed in Colorado on Saturday, Feb. 22, after an avalanche buried him. It happened on Mines Peak, east of Berthoud Pass, in an area locally known as The Fingers or High Trail ...

The avalanche took place on Mines Peak, east of Berthoud Pass, in an area locally known as The Fingers or High Trail Cliffs, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said. Photo from Grand County ...