Vail and Beaver Creek ski patrols recently onboarded a new pack of avalanche rescue puppies in training. Here's the crew!

Bridger

DOB: 1/31/2024
Breed: Labrador Retriever
Ski Patrol: Beaver Creek
Status: In training
Handler: Alex Oberg
Handler Tenure (in dog years): 35
Favorite toy: Her sister Cricket
Best trick: Tresspassing, and destruction of property
Personality  notes: “If Bridger could figure out how to strike a match, her next crime would be arson.”

Basil

DOB: 5/26/2024
Breed: Labrador Retriever
Ski Patrol: Beaver Creek
Status: In training
Handler: Chris Schino
Handler Tenure (in dog years): 49
Favorite toy: Squeaky shark
Best trick: “Sit, Basil, sit!”
Personality  notes: “She’s crazy, like a devil and angel combined, but she loves people and she’s cozy and very soft.”

Honey

DOB: 5/7/2024
Breed: Small Münsterländer
Ski Patrol: Beaver Creek
Status: In training
Handler: Lisa Keim
Handler Tenure (in dog years): 56
Favorite toy: Fuzzy (a fox stuffed animal)
Best trick: Chewing up everything
Personality  notes: “As sweet as honey; she’s either sleeping or in full-on energy mode.”

Juniper

DOB: 4/31/2024
Breed: Flat-coated Retriever
Ski Patrol: Beaver Creek
Status: In training
Handler: Adriana Morken
Handler Tenure (in dog years): 49
Favorite toy: Tug rope
Best trick: “Sit, Juni, sit!”
Personality  notes: “She can be mischievous when she wants to be, and she is quite tenacious.”

Ullr

DOB: 7/11/2023
Breed: Labrador Retriever
Ski Patrol: Vail
Status: In training
Handler: Charlie Segerdahl
Handler Tenure (in dog years): 49
Favorite toy: Tennis ball
Best trick: High-five
Personality  notes: “He’s a lover and a face licker ... full of energy from dawn till dusk.”

Pepper

DOB: 1/6/2023
Breed: Labrador Retriever
Ski Patrol: Vail
Status: In training
Handler: Billy Deline
Handler Tenure (in dog years): 70
Favorite toy: Anything that bounces
Best trick Sliding on her back down the hill
Personality  notes: “Very high drive, fast, and bouncy.”