If you choose to uphill ski within the boundaries of a resort, you'll need to review applicable policies first. Some ski ...

A pilot and two children survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an ...

If you're buried in a tree well, and have a clear airway, blowing a whistle could help your friends or ski patrol find you.

This life-saving technology has been used to great success with avalanche rescue in the winter ... pants, helmets, backpacks, back protectors, boots, transceivers, and harnesses.

separated from the backpack, to help move his dog around the mountain. The Ruffwear Web Master has become the go-to harness for countless avalanche rescue teams and service dog handlers. Ruffwear “We ...

With the aid of a beacon, participants used rescue probes to find a backpack standing in for a ... Iwaki got caught in an avalanche. Nine members of the group were briefly stranded.

An emergency call to help a skier in distress gave participants of a rescue training course a real-life opportunity to save a ...

A 16-year-old has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month ...

When avalanches strike, Deer Valley Ski Resort's Ski Patrol brings in its furry search crew: dogs with the training to find ...