Winter fun isn’t just for humans! Discover how skilled avalanche rescue dogs at regional ski resorts help save lives, train ...

We head to the snowy slopes of Chamonix to meet the canine rescue team and find out how they save skiers' lives ...

According to United Mountain Workers President and Park City Ski Patroller, Max Magill, one of the biggest benefits of a unionized patrol unit is that the people bargaining for an employment contract ...

If you fall and injure something — usually a leg for skiers, or wrist or shoulder for snowboarders — guys like Mike rescue ...

National Ski Patrol CEO Stephanie Cox said she was ... resorts already deploy avalanche dogs that help rescue people and also do double duty to help with guest relations. Beyond calming people ...

The animals might be the best chance of survival for skiers buried in avalanches, which have killed more than 100 skiers in ...

"We've seen ruptured aortas from people hitting trees so hard," he adds. Peter Novom, manager of the Ski & Ride program at Okemo Mountain in Vermont, agrees that speed is a factor in the worst ...

Only 25 of the 41 lifts are open, and 103 of the 350 trails are available to guests at Park City Mountain as of Monday morning.

First responders in the High Country must be prepared for anything. From responding to a broken leg on the ski slopes to ...

“This was a really great success because we were able to get people to her relatively quickly,” McCall said. Medics, a ski patrol rescue team and the King County Sheriff’s Office air ...