A snowmobiler is lucky to be alive after being buried in a Vail Pass avalanche Monday afternoon and recovered by a high country search and rescue group. FOX31's Greg Nieto spoke to the rescuers.

When someone is buried in an avalanche, the difference between life and death can be a matter of minutes. On President’s Day, a snowmobiler survived for an hour under the snow of an avalanche he triggered.

First responders rescued a snowmobiler after he and his partner were caught in an avalanche west of Vail Pass Monday.