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Tree Wells: Hidden danger on the slopes
Continue to the story"But when you go in, you go in with a lot of snow that follows you from snow-laden branches," Baugher said. "As you move around and start to compact that snow, it's not very long before you're immobilized." And when a skier or snowboarder disappears from sight, skiing buddies sometimes ski down to the lift and wait.