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Father and 12-Year-Old Son Rescued After Leaving Resort Boundary at Beaver Mountain, UT

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Rescue teams saved a father and his 12-year-old son on Monday, December 30, after they skied out of bounds at Beaver Mountain, Utah. The pair got lost near Preston Hollow after leaving the resort boundary. Related: Search and Rescue Teams Looking for Hiker Missing in Snowy Millcreek Canyon, UT A satellite text to 911 alerted officials just before 4 p.m. […]

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2 Skiers Required Rescue After Leaving Aspen Mountain, CO to Ski Out-of-Bounds

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On Saturday, 4/17/2021, at approximately 11:40 am, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol of two skiers who had skied “out-of-bounds” at the base of Walsh’s ski run. Walsh’s is a Double Black ski run at the Eastern ski area boundary on Ajax Mountain in Aspen, Colorado. Related: Drunk Snowboarder Rescued From Aspen Mountain, CO […]

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Four Colorado Men Find Way Out of Revelstoke Backcountry After 11-Hour Ordeal

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This past Monday, four Colorado men found themselves lost in the Revelstoke backcountry after unintentionally finding their way out of bounds. After being lost, soaking wet, and nearly frozen for 11 hours, one skier and three snowboarders were able to find their way out of the woods and back to safety. One of the group members, Mike, is a childhood […]

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Jon Roubik | January 26, 2019
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Heavenly Mountain Rescue had to Recover Two Skiers Stuck in Deep Snow Outside Resort Boundary

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Two skiers were rescued Sunday after going outside the boundary line and getting caught in deep powder at Heavenly Mountain Resort, reports the Tahoe Daily Tribune. It was the second time in a fortnight that visitors at Heavenly had to be rescued after going outside a boundary line. The skiers called for help around 5:30 pm Sunday, March 4, just a […]

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Steven Agar | March 6, 2018
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Avalanche Awareness: How To Find Safe Lines

This season has been one for the books so far.   El Niño has been dumping more snow than we know what to do with in the West and Southwest.  In this video, Flowing Freeride’s Blake links up with Utah Avalanche Center to talk the basics of avy danger.  Thanks to Craig Gordon, avalanche forecaster, and Paul Diegel, executive director at […]

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Keenan Grady | February 4, 2016
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