A backcountry skier died in an avalanche near Red Mountain Pass on Tuesday. That's according to the experts from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, who said the slide happened on Red Mountain Number 3. The skier was buried at about 11,300 feet on a northwest-facing slope in the southwestern Colorado region.

A skier died in an avalanche, Colorado officials said. On Jan. 7, a backcountry skier was “caught, buried, and killed in an avalanche on Red Mountain Number 3” near Bollywood, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.