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Meet Tater, Jackson Hole’s Newest Ski Patrol Member

Jackson Hole has a new puppy in training for the Jackson Hole Ski Patrol. Tater, an 8-week-old Golden Retriever, showed up in Jackson two days ago. His full name is Sir Tater Tot of the Tetons. An avalanche dog can search one hectare (2.5 acres) in about 30 minutes. It would take 20 humans around 4 hours to cover an equivalent area using avalanche probes. The speed with which an “avy dog” locates an avalanche victim is absolutely vital. Around 90% of avalanche victims will survive if recovered in the first 15 minutes after burial […]
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VIDEO: How Avalanche Dogs Save Lives

This is what you want to see if you're ever in an avalanche. photo: kim kircher

We all know that avalanche dogs are key. They can sniff you, find you, and dig you out of an avalanche, right? Well, it’s not quite that simple. There are a major interactions between the dog handler, the dog, the wind, the debris, the mountain, and more. This video is a great explanation of how the entire process works and what the dogs do to find people. For the dog, it’s really just all a fun game. For us, it can be life or death. As long as the avalanche debris site isn’t contaminated with human scent (non-buried humans) a well trained avalanche dog is […]
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