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Copper Mountain ski patrol welcomes Pico, a 4-month-old golden retriever, training as an avalanche dog. COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo ...

But sometimes, avalanche dogs are the difference between life and death. Only 10 days before our trip, an avalanche in Val d’Isère on the other side of Mont Blanc swept away four Estonian ...

Avalanche rescue dogs undergo rigorous training to prepare for life-saving missions in snowy conditions. These dogs, like Rip, a 1-year-old English Shepherd, are trained to locate people buried in ...

Avalanche dogs must complete rigorous training and recertification on an annual basis in most cases. Image: Courtesy of Wasatch Backcountry Rescue. By the end of the season, ...

Dogs are selected for Beaver Creek’s avalanche rescue canine team “based on breed and aptitude for search work,” Johnson said. Typically, the selected breeds have a “good track record of success as ...

Dogs at Schweitzer, Silver Mountain, and Whitefish are all part of the Northern Rockies K9s, a group of pooches trained to help with avalanche response in mountains through the region.

Zen has been a rescue dog for three years, and on this day, he was setting an example for 20 others dogs being certified for avalanche rescue in the heart of the Italian Dolomites, ...

Before an avalanche rescue dog responds to a real emergency, it needs to earn a certification. A dog can earn a B-level certification when it is just a year old, as Meres’ dog Hatchet did last year.

Avalanche dogs are typically working breeds, like Hank. He’s an Australian cattle dog. They begin training for their role as puppies, and Erpenbach says much of that training is based around a ...

Zen, an avalanche Border Collie, attends a training with the Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps in Col Gallina, near Cortina D'Ampezzo, northern Italy, Tuesday, March 25, 2025.