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The avalanche dog team at Solitude Mountain Resort, Utah, is getting a whole lot cuter. The resort, in a social media post, introduced Dasha, a black nine-week-old Australian Shepherd Lab mix, ...

There are several programs featuring trained avalanche rescue dogs in the Lake Tahoe area. Heavenly Mountain Resort has a team of six dogs who are capable of finding victims within minutes. Sugar Bowl ...

On a snowy mountainside, when the clock is ticking and the weather isn't playing nice, hope sometimes arrives on four paws. Jake Hutchinson, technical director for the American Avalanche Institute, ...

Ski patroller Rob Brennan and Rob Denton walk together at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village, Wyo., Feb. 21, 2026. Avalanche dogs at Jackson Hole can respond to incidents at the resort as ...

A pack of canines trained hard, learning search and rescue skills on mountains east of Osoyoos over the weekend.

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Baggs loves to frolic in the snow, clamber up hills and play with ski patrollers. But she is on a serious journey. If she succeeds in becoming an avalanche rescue dog, she could someday save lives.