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A 37-year-old man was killed in an avalanche in the Utah backcountry while snowmobiling Monday, authorities said. Scott Wright, from Evanston, Wyoming, was snowmobiling with a friend in the Monte Cristo Snowmobile Area near the Rich County and Cache County line when the avalanche occurred, the Rich County Sheriff’s Office said.

Scott Wright, 37, of Evanston, Wyoming, was killed in an avalanche in Utah on Monday, authorities say. A friend of his told Cowboy State Daily that