Dog Emerges From Tahoe Forest After for 2 Years & Is Reunited With Family According to the Los Angeles Times, 20 months after Murphy, the golden retriever, went missing on a camping trip in Tahoe National Forest, the timid dog was reunited with her family after being spotted at a campground surfacing from the woods. Nathan and Erin Braun were camping in October 2012 when they were separated from their 5-year-old dog. This dog survived 20 […] Chris Wallner | November 17, 2015 3 Comments
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 […] ameliatraynor | April 16, 2015 2 Comments
New Video from DPS Cinematic: “Sun Dog” Watch the award-winning short film Sun Dog, as dog and man go skiing in a winter wonderland. DPS Skis is proud to present Sun Dog, the third film in The Shadow Campaign series. Presented by DPS Cinematic in association with Outdoor Research and Gore-Tex, Sun Dog has already received film festival accolades from Banff Mountain Film Festival, Cold Smoke Winter Film Tour, and the Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival. The film has also been selected for the Banff Mountain Film Festival Global Tour. Deep within the snow-capped peaks overlooking Bariloche […] ameliatraynor | December 17, 2014 0 Comments
VIDEO: World’s First Wingsuit BASE Jumping Dog Dean Potter is a wild animal and the perfect candidate to be the first person to BASE jump with a dog. Dean is famous for many unbelievable climbing feats such as climbing the Fitzroy in Argentine Patagonia with no ropes and a wing suit. Once on top, he simply jumped off. Dean’s been a pioneer in so many ways in extreme sports it’s […] SnowBrains | May 27, 2014 0 Comments
Dog Saves Severely Injured Snowmobiler’s Life in Alaska Last Sunday, 52-year-old snowmobiler Otis Orth crashed his snowmobile and severely injured himself. He was on a remote road near Talkeetna, Alaska when the crash occurred. Luckily, he’d brought along his 15-month old Golden Retriever, Amber who most likely saved his life. “I tried to take a shortcut and ran into a hollow snow drift and that kind of kicked the back end of the […] SnowBrains | March 6, 2014 1 Comment
Sugar Bowl, CA Conditions Report: 29” of Fresh Snow YESTERDAY | Photo Tour It wasn’t the first snow we’ve seen in Tahoe this year, but it was the most skiable. The crew consisted of myself, Jamie Burge, Mark Kendrick, and Mark’s puggle Milo . We headed to Sugar Bowl the morning of October 29th after hearing that they had picked up 21-29”, while most other places around Tahoe had gotten a lot less than that. After a relatively short skin up Mt. Disney […] Conditions Report Matt Bansak | October 30, 2013 4 Comments