A skier was airlifted with serious injuries after a 1,000-foot fall in Colorado, highlighting the need for personal locator ...

It was February 2010 and backcountry search and rescue teams and sheriff’s offices across Colorado were getting frustrated. Repeat signals from a personal locator beacon had been received since ...

A personal locator beacon is a small, portable electronic device that, when activated, sends off a signal via satellites to alert rescue authorities that someone is in distress.

A skier was seriously injured after falling 1,000 feet down a Colorado mountain over the weekend as authorities scrambled to respond after numerous 911 callers kept losing a signal.. The 29-year ...

The avalanche beacon training park is a short climb up the slope at the Mountain Meadow Trailhead, next to the Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger Station. You care. You want to know what is really going on ...

A skier was airlifted with serious injuries after a 1,000-foot fall in Colorado, highlighting the need for personal locator beacons after poor cell reception complicated the rescue.