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.

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Two key Beacon Hill recreation areas popular for climbing, mountain biking to receive upgrades Tue., April 30, 2024 Mike Hansen, 55, rolls his Yeti mountain bike through the parking lot at Camp ...

A student tests the range of her avalanche beacon during a ladies level one avalanche course at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Jan. 31, 2020. (Hunter D'Antuono/Flathead Beacon via AP) ...

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 Nelson tramper has dodged a hefty fine after wrongly being accused of misusing a personal locator beacon while tramping on the West Coast in February. Ben Winnubst, 67, activated the beacon on ...

In 2001, the mountain received only 200,000 visitors, with a ticket income of 4 million yuan (US$500,000) with most tourists from within the province. Today, the mountain has become a famous ...