Always carry a shovel on deep powder days and don’t ski alone

Mar 30, 2023
10:17:52pm

letthewookieewin Walking Carpet

Video of Terrifying Tree-Well Rescue Shows How Lucky Snowboarder Is to be Alive

A snowboarder tells the harrowing story of how he survived this terrifying tree-well incident at Mt. Baker. Luck was certainly on his side.

https://www.theinertia.com/mountain/video-of-terrifying-tree-well-rescue-shows-how-lucky-snowboarder-is-to-be-alive/

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Always carry a shovel on deep powder days and don’t ski alone

letthewookieewin Walking Carpet

3/30/23 10:17pm

Saw that video today, it was intense watching that. Can’t believe that

TempeCoug

3/30/23 10:22pm

It said he was buried between 3 and 15 minutes. If it was closer to 15, he was likely close to suffocating and had given

letthewookieewin

3/30/23 10:25pm

This is terrifying … worst nightmare

Ron Mexico

3/30/23 10:22pm

I never want to ski again after watching that

UNLVcougar

3/30/23 10:27pm

Or stick to groomed trails

Pro Logic

3/30/23 10:33pm

Wow.

cougarmeister

3/30/23 10:42pm

RE: Always carry a shovel on deep powder days and don’t ski alone

Malathion

3/30/23 10:43pm

I ski alone all the time

whoneedscorners?

3/30/23 10:45pm

I do as well. But not in the trees on deep days

letthewookieewin

3/30/23 10:46pm

Gives me the same type of feeling I had reading about the Nutty Putty cave guy.

westsidecoug

3/30/23 11:11pm

That’s good for me to see. Good reminder, an amazing powder day can turn quick

4slyce

3/31/23 1:27am

I've never seen anything like that! Crazy!

justAnotherCoug

3/31/23 4:58am

Wow! Just wow

flyzag

3/31/23 6:02am

A guy in our ward almost died last year in a tree well. Thankfully some skiers

JWin

3/31/23 6:32am

I didn't realize how dangerous tree wells were. It makes this story even more

Great38

3/31/23 12:01pm

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