Some helicopter services -like Flight For Life Colorado use an external transceiver that dangles from the aircraft, and is used for a signal search, then coarse search. which is able to get within 10 feet of the victim, allowing crews to roughly locate victims quickly. Helicopters are also used to shuttle rescue specialists and dogs from rally points to near the scene of the slide when safe. There is debate about whether helicopter noise, rotor wash and odor from jet exhaust hinders dogs' abilities to smell and find buried victims.

@@marlinmando Thanks!

Take this with a grain of salt, but most victims are killed by trauma from the Avalanche, not suffocation. So calling for help is very important. That said, I'd imagine your first priority would be to do a search and at least dig them out enough so they have an airway, then you can assess for injury and get help

@@Rmmmmmmmmmmk not most. About 25% of fatalities are caused by trauma. In the grand scheme waiting ten minutes to dig the person out before calling for help could save their life. Getting an airway is the number one most important thing immediately after a slide

Yes, avalanche beacons are THE most important survival tools in an avalanche! BTW, by "the bubble", do you mean the one in "The World Is Not Enough"? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g7eBf9SDvtOYpps.htmlsi=l8ezghCoASOA7xWH&t=218