The victim was traveling on a terrain feature known as The Nose near Silverton, Colo., when the avalanche occurred on Thursday, officials said.

The snowboarder was caught in the debris of the avalanche in the backcountry near Silverton but a man who was skiing with the snowboarder escaped the snow slide, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said.

A snowboarder in Colorado's backcountry was killed in an avalanche west of Silverton on Thursday. According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, a skier and snowboarder were traveling in the Middle Fork of Mineral Creek drainage when they were caught in an avalanche in the terrain known as The Nose.

A snowboarder was buried and killed in an avalanche in the Middle Fork of Mineral Creek drainage, west of Silverton. According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, a snowboarder and a backcountry skier were in The Nose in the San Juan Mountains,

A snowboarder was killed in an avalanche in southwest Colorado Thursday. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) said a skier and a snowboarder were traveling in the Middle Fork of Mineral Creek drainage,

The death represents the second backcountry avalanche fatality in Colorado this winter. A skier died last month in a slide north of Silverton.