Avalanche kills man in Utah mountains

A man died after being caught in an avalanche Saturday while snowmobiling near Tower Mountain in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, authorities said.

The man was with at least three people but was the only one caught in the slide, according to the Wasatch County Sheriff's Office.

His friends dug through the snow looking for him, first finding his snowmobile and then his body. They administered CPR and called for help, police said.

The man was flown to the University of Utah Hospital, where he later died, police said.

Authorities have not released his identity.

The Utah Avalanche Center had listed the avalanche danger for Saturday as "considerable," according to its Web site. "Considerable means human triggered slides are probable and natural avalanches possible," the forecast states.

Tower Mountain is about 15 miles southeast of Heber City in the Uinta Mountains.

In Montana, authorities were searching for two snowmobilers who were reported missing Saturday after an avalanche in the Big Belt Mountains.

The slide in the Mount Baldy area northwest of Townsend missed a third person, but his snowmobile got stuck. He had to walk part of the way back to town and was not able to call for help for hours, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Cheryl Liedle said.