A Rock Springs snowmobiler died in an avalanche west of Daniel Junction over the weekend. Sublette County Dispatch received 911 calls Saturday morning of a snowmobile rider who was buried in an avalanche that had occurred in the Horse Creek area earlier that morning. The reporting party stated that the rider had been buried in the avalanche for about an hour as the conditions of the avalanche prevented them from reaching him. Sublette County Deputies along with a Sublette County ambulance responded to the scene. While responders were still en-route, the reporting party informed dispatch the trapped rider had died of his injuries after being buried for such an extended period of time. TipTop Search and Rescue assisted in recovering the rider, identified as 31 year-old Dustin LaPant of Rock Springs and circumstances leading to the incident are under investigation by Bridger Teton National Forest personnel.
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