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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.

A snowmobiler was killed in an avalanche in Utah's Monte Cristo range on February 3.

Officials identified the Wyoming man who died after getting caught in an avalanche in the Monte Cristo area Monday evening. Scott Wright, 37, of Evanston, had been snowmobiling with his friend when an avalanche occurred,

Police in Utah said a Wyoming man was killed on Monday after an avalanche occurred while he was snowmobiling in the northern part of the state.

Friends, family and the snowmobiling community are remembering the victim of a deadly avalanche in Rich County.