Dogs are known for their loyalty, intelligence, and their natural drive to work. We've seen service dogs performing life-saving tasks such as retrieving emergen ...

Rescue crews headed to Colorado's mountains for avalanche rescue training where teams responded as if several people had been buried in the snow.

Reba, an avalanche rescue dog in training at Schweitzer, Idaho, has an unusual tradition to kick off each morning.

An avalanche in the French Alps on Wednesday killed four Norwegian skiers swept away by the off-piste torrent of snow and ice ...

The animals might be the best chance of survival for skiers buried in avalanches, which have killed more than 100 skiers in ...

But the reality is, the search and rescue teams at these resorts are imperative to help keep people safe and rescue those who ...

Officials at Rocky Mountain National Park are offering free avalanche training to members of the public after a deadly few ...

For some canines, this involves avalanche training. As explained by Ruffwear, dogs who work in avalanche rescue must meet specific training criteria, including basic obedience in which dogs will ...

In Siviez in the Swiss canton of Valais, only about 20 mountain enthusiasts took the avalanche dog handler training course ...