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.

One person was killed Saturday when a skier triggered an avalanche in Colorado, the Grand County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

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.

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.

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.

Four people were buried Saturday, including one who died, in two avalanches in Grand County Saturday afternoon, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

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

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.

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.

Friends said 50-year-old Nathan Ginn was killed in the Feb. 22 slide. The avalanche death is the third this season, the second in two days.