BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Thanks to alert employees, a fire was kept fairly small and quickly stopped Wednesday morning in a downtown Bend bike and ski shop housed in a more than century-old former church.

Luckily for folks like me or those who are skiing a mountain they're unfamiliar with, a GPS rescue tool called AirFlare has seen a large uptick in use across US ski areas during the 2024/25 season.

That is until a ski patroller reminded me how much easier it is for them to find injured people if they can tell patrol exactly where they are. Luckily for folks like me or those who are skiing a ...