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By Sam Collentine, Meteorologist Posted 2 years ago March 21, 2022

WATCH: Tikka to the Rescue

The Colorado Rapid Avalanche Deployment (C-RAD) is a nonprofit organization that was made to help cultivate, inspire, and produce dog teams for successful avalanche search and rescue in the mountains. Arapahoe Basin-based dog team, Erich and Tikka, are just one example of the volunteer teams that combine traditional search and rescue methods with specialized avalanche deployment systems to expedite the rescue of avalanche victims.

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Sam Collentine

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Sam Collentine is the Chief Operating Officer of OpenSnow and lives in Basalt, Colorado. Before joining OpenSnow, he studied Atmospheric Science at the University of Colorado, spent time at Channel 7 News in Denver, and at the National Weather Service in Boulder.

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