It’s early afternoon and I’m sitting on a ridge just below the top of the Plan Joran cablecar on Les Grand Montets ski area in Chamonix. Whiteout conditions that brought at least six inches of fresh ...

“The team from Vail Mountain Rescue and Vail Ski Patrol initiated their response based on the parties last known location and knowing the area commonly rode by the missing individual,” the sheriff ...

The demonstration of an avalanche rescue, conducted regularly to keep dogs’ instincts alert ... traverse in a murky snow flurry to the ski patrol’s HQ, a low, nondescript building with ...

“You need a five-week diploma to join [ski patrol]. Then you specialise – avalanche control, weather observation or avalanche dogs.” It doesn’t stop there; advancing through each of the ...

Two small avalanches occurred Friday morning at the Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort, officials said Friday. The resort said at 10:50 a.m., two slides happened on the Palisades side of the resort, one in ...

Whether they’re riding the chairlift or running between their master’s legs as they ski downhill, patrol dogs like Utah draw smiles and shrieks of glee from passing skiers, but they're here to ...