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fromUnofficial Networks
1 week ago

Passersby Rescue Skier Buried Face First In Snow At Swiss Ski Resort

Deep powder and tree wells create life-threatening hazards—avalanches, tree-well immersion, and snow-immersion suffocation—so always ski with a visible buddy.
Snowboarding
fromUnofficial Networks
3 weeks ago

Wild Video Demonstrates The Real Danger Of Tree Wells

Tree wells are hidden deep-snow voids around trees that can immobilize skiers or snowboarders and create a suffocation risk if not immediately assisted.
fromSnowBrains
3 weeks ago

Big Snow Can Also Bring Big Problems: Snow Immersion Suffocation - SnowBrains

Tree well and deep snow suffocation is a serious problem in the Western USA and Canada. Incidents occur with deep snow accumulations and tree well immersions, where a skier or snowboarder falls into an area of deep, unconsolidated snow and becomes immobilized. Since 2001, California has had more snow immersion deaths than any other state. A tree well is a void or depression that forms around the base of a tree and most likely under the branches that hang from those trees, disguising the void.
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