A backcountry skier was caught, buried and killed Tuesday in an avalanche near Red Mountain Pass in southern Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, officials said.

The accident marks Colorado's first reported avalanche fatality, per Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) data.

A backcountry skier died in an avalanche Tuesday east of Red Mountain Pass, between Silverton and Ouray, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The slide occurred on an area known as

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 avalanche happened on Red Mountain Number 3 in an area locally known as Bollywood, east of Red Mountain Pass in Ouray County.