Wasatch Backcountry Rescue trains dogs for avalanche and mountain emergencies. President Marguerite Van Komen shares how Wasatch Backcountry Rescue trains elite search-and-rescue dogs to respond to ...

Dramatic video captured the moment a dog was rescued after being swept away by an avalanche and buried in snow in Colorado. The dog, named Apollo, actually triggered the slide and wound up being swept ...

CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN RESORT, Wash. — “Are you ready to work?” ski patroller Alisha Bator whispers into the ear of Kio, a mountain rescue dog, at the edge of a meadow near the Forest Queen chairlift at ...

Raising one of Winter Park Resort’s famous avalanche dogs is no small feat. When Ty McManigle was tapped to be a dog handler last winter, he knew he would have his work cut out for him, but answered ...

The call comes on the radio almost as soon as Belle and her handler, Gerald, reach to top of the Snake Creek lift. There’s been an avalanche in the resort boundary. Two skiers are buried. They spring ...

For Louise Zemlicka, she knew right away that Benji was going to be Aspen Snowmass’ newest patrol recruit and future avalanche dog. “There’s just something about Benji,” Zemlicka said of the first ...