Alta, Utah • When an avalanche happens, one invaluable tool is avalanche dogs and many teams from around the West coast get trained in Utah.
We’ve all heard the saying dogs are man’s best friend but in Little Cottonwood Canyon at the Wasatch Backcountry Rescue’s Avalanche Dog Training school there’s a group of dogs training to be more than just loyal companions.
“These dogs are a great tool for us,” Andy Van Houten, President of the Wasatch Backcountry Rescue said. “They’ve proven themselves valuable over the last several years as we’ve seen an increase in backcountry users.”
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