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 ...

During avalanche search training, Ski Patrol members may dig caves under the snow and position someone inside holding a toy. Then they cover up the entrance with snow bricks. The dog then has to ...

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 ...