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Crews searching for snowmobiler trapped in avalanche near Pole Canyon
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CEDAR FORT, Utah County — The Utah County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a person trapped in an avalanche in Pole Canyon, northwest of Cedar Fort, on Monday night.
Two males had been snowmobiling within the space when one bought caught and buried within the slide close to Lewiston Peak, Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon mentioned.
Cannon mentioned it was an “extraordinarily giant” avalanche in an open bowl space of the mountain. The snowmobilers seemingly came visiting from the Tooele County facet of the mountain into the world, which Cannon mentioned is just not closely trafficked as a result of a lot of the land being on non-public property.
The lacking man is estimated to be in his late 30s, however extra details about him was not instantly obtainable.
The avalanche occurred in an space with an 8,000-foot elevation, Cannon mentioned, and the avalanche got here down an estimated 1,500 ft. LifeFlight and a Division of Public Security helicopter are shuttling groups to seek for the rider.
Cannon mentioned the person does have a beacon on, so authorities know a “good basic” location of the place he’s. They’re utilizing probes and digging to attempt to discover him, however they’d not positioned the person as of about 8:30 p.m.
“We hope that is nonetheless a rescue,” Cannon mentioned.
The groups had been anticipated to droop the search at dusk, as it’s more durable to see avalanche hazard in the dead of night, Cannon mentioned.
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