avalanche dogs

"Ski Patrol Dogs of Snowmass" by vitalfilms.com
"Meet Gray, Piper and Caleb…the four legged members of the Snowmass Ski Patrol handled by Nathan Garfield, Dan Berg and Susan “Mouse” Carollo. These avalanche rescue dogs always seem to be wearing a smile, whether they’re putting up boundary ropes or training year round as search and rescue dogs. But then again, they always get to ride first chair.

If you're like me and don't know where Snowmass is, it's called "Aspen Snowmass" and "is a winter resort complex located in Pitkin County in western Colorado in the United States. Owned and operated by the Aspen Skiing Company it comprises four skiing/snowboarding areas on four adjacent mountains in the vicinity of the towns of Aspen and Snowmass Village." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen/Snowmass

For more on avalanche dogs, as ski patrol dogs are sometimes called, please see http://thebark.com/content/avalanche-rescue-dogs.

video: https://vimeo.com/131554201