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Scott Wright from Evanston, Wyoming, was out with a friend when his snowmobile was caught in a slab avalanche and completely buried.

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

A snowmobiler has died after becoming trapped under “monster slabs of snow” during an avalanche in Utah, according to a press release from the Rich County Sheriff’s Office.