Aspen Ski Company is Teaching Safety with Dogs

The Snowmass Sun has reported that for National Safety Awareness Week (Jan. 16-22) the Aspen Ski Company’s latest approach to teaching safety to all ages is with classic collectors cards.

No baseball players or Pokemon will be found on these, but rather the cards are sporting the handsome and lovely avalanche patrol dogs. Over 9 dogs work on the 4 different ski resorts in the Aspen area: Aspen Ajax, Highlands, Snowmass and Buttermilk.

Patrol dogs play an essential role in the ski patrol, by being able to assist their masters in avalanche search and rescue, which in turn can save a human.

Each of the patrol dog cards have the “mutt shots” of the dogs with the Skier Safety Act code printed on each. There are 3 Snowmass mountain dogs, Reina, Caleb and Dante.
Aspen has Booker and Jane. Highlands is Gus, Kaya and Puppy and if you are skiing at Buttermilk, Able will be there.

Kids and adults are excited about this card collecting game as a great excuse to spend their day on the mountain in the search for an avalanche dog, getting to meet some of the ski patrollers, and it is an easy and great way to impart safety tips while giving everyone a fun interactive learning experience. For more information go to aspensnowmass.com.

Now it’s your turn to collect all nine and find one of the Avalanche dogs when you stay at the Inn at Aspen. Check out our amazing March deals and the ski-in ski-out location will save you precious time on your search for Able the Buttermilk rescue dog!