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When Matthew Desfosses and his skiing partner set out in the early hours of a February 2019 morning, the plan was to spend the night in Lizzie Creek Cabin in the mountains of southeast British Columbia. Instead, they spent the night battling hypothermia in a snow cave. Little did they know that they were a […] The post Backcountry Skiers Rescued After Surviving Night...

On a summer night in July, a 130-pound German shepherd with injured paws was unable to descend a remote trail in the North Cascades Range, and its owner didn’t know what to do. A third-party individual had triggered an SOS on their inReach® satellite communicator to report the situation, and staff at the GEOS International Emergency Response […] The post Response Team Rescues Imperiled Animals in...

Want to know what it takes to go on a backcountry hunting trip? We asked Garmin inReach® Regional Sales Manager and hunting specialist Josh Moremen what he does to prepare. To determine which hunting tag you are capable of getting, decide which state you will hunt in and what species of animal you will hunt. […] The post How to Prepare for a Backcountry...