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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 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.