Patrol dogs get picked for certain traits. Mabbett said a breeder “almost designed my dog for us,” as Hatchet is a mix similar to one of the older patrol dogs in Snomwass. Gray and 9-month-old Odin ...

Thanks to their incredibly keen sense of smell, dogs can be lightning-fast at locating people even under feet of snow. When ski patrol receives a callout to an avalanche, patrollers like Seb and ...

Among the four ski areas of Aspen, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk and Snowmass, there are an average of nine dogs trained to respond in the case of an avalanche or other snow disaster.

Dogs that need a job. The dogs that serve on ski patrol aren’t your run-of-the-mill house dogs. Patrol members look for dogs that have high drive – ones they say make “bad pets.” ...

In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, photograph, the black labrador ski patrol dogs of Aspen Highlands Ski Resort are shown with their handlers, from left, Lori Spence and Meka, Aaron Smith and River ...

Ski patrol trains the dogs by digging holes in the snow at the mountaintop. The dog is then held back while the handler goes and hides in the hole, dragging a piece of clothing behind them and ...

Ski Patrol uses dogs in avalanche rescue. Alex Peebles, KHQ Reporter. apeebles. Jan 11, 2022 ... “So then in that case your dog is your best bet, they can sniff people out of 20 feet of snow. ...

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 ...

The dogs’ stories are heroic, such as in the rescue of a ski lift operator in 1982 who survived five days buried under tons of snow. An avalanche dog’s job is to find a person buried in the snow.

“Where I go, he goes" Utah has been an avalanche dog for nearly two years and is one of several here in Chamonix. Together with Bernard, a 30-year veteran of ski patrol, the pair travels around ...

In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, photograph, the black labrador ski patrol dogs of Aspen Highlands Ski Resort are shown with their handlers, from left, Lori Spence and Meka, Aaron Smith and River and ...

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — They are celebrities of the ski runs. Beloved by locals and visitors alike, by both kids and their parents, these stars of the slopes have a very important job to do on the ...