OPHIR, Colo. (KJCT) - A small fire is keeping wildland firefighters busy as it torches a small area near the town of Ophir, Colorado, on the nearby Ophir Pass. The fire is small, just 50 by 100 feet, ...

OPHIR, Colo. — Mitigation efforts are finished after an avalanche knocked out power to Ophir and closed a road to the southwest Colorado town. The San Miguel County Sheriff's Office said the avalanche ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two brothers from Ophir survived a massive avalanche Wednesday in the San Miguel County backcountry after one of them was swept away and buried. Alex Holmes, ...

It takes a lot of grit, and good pair of ski goggles, to live in Ophir, Colorado. Winds can reach 70 miles per hour during the winter in this old mining town nestled in a box canyon near Telluride.

After getting more than 3 feet of snow in 3 days, the avalanche danger is now listed as "high" in the mountains around Telluride, Ophir and Lake City. Natural avalanches are likely on steep slopes in ...

An avalanche in San Miguel County has closed a road and knocked out power in the historic mining town of Ophir. Ophir Road is closed at Highway 145 in western Colorado due to the avalanche, according ...

A backcountry snowboarder killed Monday in the San Juan Mountains marked the Colorado’s first avalanche death of the season. Dr. Peter Harrelson, 67, died after he was caught in an avalanche triggered ...