The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is reminding skiers that the potential for avalanches remains high in some areas after a skier was injured on Saturday.

At least five backcountry explorers have been caught in avalanches in Colorado’s mountains since Friday, two of whom were injured, according to state reports.

Video shows two skiers caught and carried in an avalanche in Haiyaha Couloir on Jan. 10. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is warning riders be aware of avalanche hazards and take precautions.

Fresh snow and warming temperatures are drawing more people into Colorado's high country, creating excellent riding conditions and also increasing avalanche risk.

A human-triggered avalanche swept away snowboarders in Rocky Mountain National Park, but, thankfully, everyone survived. Watch here. The post 3 People Caught in Avalanche in Rocky Mountain National Park appeared first on Outdoors with Bear Grylls.

Mammoth Mountain ski patroller Cole Murphy died this weekend after an avalanche on Friday. Another ski patroller was injured.

Several days of elevated avalanche risk resulted in multiple incidents in the mountains over the weekend. One of those was caught on video in Rocky Mountain National Park. Get top headlines and KUNC reporting directly to your mailbox each week when you subscribe to In The NoCo.

The National Avalanche Center, operated by the U.S. Forest Service, reports five people have been killed so far this winter season. The tally includes the fatalities in Washington, as well as two in California on Dec. 26 and Jan. 5, and one in Wyoming on Dec. 20.

A serene day on the slopes turned into a harrowing fight for survival when Ares Masip, a backcountry skier in the Pyrenees Mountains of Andorra, triggered a sudden avalanche that swept both her and her loyal dog Cim down the mountainside — and the entire terrifying moment was caught on video.

Cole Murphy, 30, died after an avalanche swept Lincoln Mountain during mitigation work at Mammoth Risk eased after heavy Sierra snowfall

Two skiers were caught in an avalanche in Haiyaha Couloir in Rocky Mountain National Park Jan. 10. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is warning riders be aware of avalanche hazards and take precautions.