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.

Officials identified the Wyoming man who died after getting caught in an avalanche in the Monte Cristo area Monday evening.

A snowmobile rider who got caught in an avalanche Monday in the backcountry of northern Utah has been found dead.

Multiple agencies were called to Rich County for a search and rescue operation.There were reports of a snowbomiler buried in an avalanche.Per UHP PIO - Lt Camer

A 37-year-old man from Evanston, Wyoming, had been snowmobiling with his friend when an avalanche occurred, the Rich County Sheriff's Office said. The avalanche happened in the Monte Cristo Snowmobile Area near the Rich and Cache county lines.