“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 ...

Patrol Dogs. As part of their avalanche safety and rescue programs, some ski resorts have a team of highly-trained patrol dogs. These hard-working canines are trained to sniff out skiers who have ...

The lifts open, it’s time to patrol the slopes – with snow still falling heavily. Laurent Langoisseur, one of the ski patrolmen on Christophe’s team, leads the way, conducting a mountain tour.

The legacy of patrol pups is nothing knew for the resort, which started the Heavenly Avalanche Rescue Dog or HARD team back in the late 1980's. Today, Yuba is one of seven rescue dogs at Heavenly.

National Ski Patrol CEO Stephanie Cox said she was “impressed” by Chapman, Barthel and their dogs when she attended their session at a central division conference held this summer in Grand Rapids.

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 ...