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 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.

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.