age are dogs such an important part with all the technology we have if someone is buried under the snow without all of that technology, we really don t have too many tools to effectively locate them outside of a dog s nose. reporter: and time is of the essence. while nine out of ten people can survive 15 minutes under an avalanche, after 30 minutes, survival grows unlikely so the snow mass team has dug 100 holes on the mountain to mimic avalanche conditions training starts as puppies. like sisters, kelly and moxie from beaver creek and vail. you build on a foundation of making it really the most exciting, funnest game that they have ever experienced in their lives. reporter: more experienced dogs are given a harder challenge. there you go. reporter: as part of training, i m buried in a snow cave. no daylight left. reporter: while a dog named luna is held far away. luna has no idea where i am, and we re
Two climbers who were buried in an avalanche and then caught in a blizzard in New Zealand earlier this week survived their ordeal by digging themselves out of the snow, building a snow cave and feeding on just muesli bars.