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Free Avalanche Beacon Training Park Near Vail, CO

White River National Forest and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) just installed a new beacon training park just off of the I-70 near Vail, CO. The new training park gives backcountry users a free and convenient location to practice avalanche rescue. Users need to provide their own avalanche rescue equipment: a beacon, shovel, and probe. The training park is […]

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Dominic Gawel | December 26, 2020
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Search and Rescue During a Global Pandemic

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The reservation system has been set in stone at many major resorts across the United States. Both on the popular Epic Pass as well as the Ikon Pass, this is the reality. The latter pass only requires reservations at a handful of mountains such as Aspen Highlands, Crystal Mountain, and Big Sky. Due to the limited capacity, backcountry skiers and […]

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Mitchell Milbauer | November 25, 2020
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New Avalanche Rescue Drone in the Works

PowderBee Bluebird Mountain has created a working prototype called the PowderBee, which is an avalanche rescue drone. The drone has been made to fit inside your pack and is used alongside typical avalanche rescue procedures and equipment. When the PowderBee is needed, simply extend the antenna, point towards the avalanche zone and push one button and the drone is off searching. […]

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Dan Scheibelein | February 25, 2020
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UK Ski Resort Welcomes Country’s First Avalanche Dog

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Jason Ringenberg | January 3, 2019
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Avalanche Rescue Dog Saves Life of Austrian Skier

A 19 year-old Austrian skier owes his life to an avalanche rescue dog, who located him in only a few minutes. The skier was completely buried in the slide, which occurred within sight of a chairlift at Westendorf, in Tyrol. The man was powder skiing with four friends on Sunday when they triggered the slide. Skiers on a chairlift above called for […]

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Sergei Poljak | January 17, 2016
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