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 ...

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

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, ...

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.

Crystal Mountain’s avalanche dog program, officially known as Cascade Mountain Rescue Dogs (CMRD), is a non-profit initiative that’s been active for nearly 30 years and trains the dogs to find ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Avalanche Rescue Dogs Receive $50k+ in Grants. Ella Boyd. Tue, July 30, 2024 at 9:52 PM UTC. 3 min read. Ski resorts rely on ski patrollers and, often, ski patrol dogs, to keep skiers and riders ...

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, ...