LIVINGSTON — A snowmobiler has died in an avalanche in southern Montana, near Cooke City.
Park County Undersheriff Scott Hamilton says authorities received a report of the slide in the Henderson Peak area at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The snowmobiler was partially buried and life-saving measures were not successful. The person died at the scene.
No information about the victim was immediately released.
The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center issued a backcountry avalanche warning Wednesday morning for the Bridger, Gallatin and Madison Ranges along with the Lionhead area outside West Yellowstone and the mountains around Cooke City.