A dramatic video has emerged of a snowboarder outrunning an avalanche just as he is about to get swiped.

The footage, shot at Vasquez Peak, CO, USA on April 3, captures the moment Heath manages to veer to his right in order to avoid the avalanche.

The filmer, Alex Sprockel, explained that Heath decided to ride down the slope even though the terrain had not been skied recently which might have triggered the avalanche.

Backcountry snowboarding near berthoud pass in colorado, the mountain is called Vasquez Peak, did multiple runs that day, and decided to try to go higher up, the terrain was not skied recently but Heath(snowboarder) decided to go for it, in the video he outruns an avalanche that was triggered above him. Alex Sprockel was using a GoPro hero 5 and we still have the higher quality video if someone is interested.