The 41-year-old woman was snowboarding with another person in Middle Fork Mineral Creek, known locally as “The Nose,” when ...

A backcountry snowboarder was killed in an avalanche Thursday near Ophir Pass north of Silverton. A 41-year-old woman from ...

A Crested Butte woman was caught and fatally injured in an avalanche near Ophir Pass on Thursday, the San Juan County Office ...

A backcountry snowboarder has died in an avalanche near Colorado’s Ophir Pass. The victim was a 41-year-old woman from ...

A 41-year-old woman from Crested Butte was killed in an avalanche Thursday near Ophir Pass north of Silverton. Sarah Steinwand was snowboarding a line known locally as “The Nose” in the Mineral Creek ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A 41-year-old woman from Crested Butte died in an avalanche Thursday, Silverton Medical Rescue reported.

The incident was reported in the area known locally as “The Nose,” which is near Ophir Pass, just north of Silverton. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and Silverton Medical Rescue were ...