A treacherous, life-threatening blizzard is targeting the Sierra Nevada and forecast to hit the Lake Tahoe area by late morning and Mammoth Mountain by the afternoon.
According to deepsnowsafety.org, 90 percent of people involved in Tree Well/ Snow Immersion Suffocation research experiments could not rescue themselves.
For many in Southwest Colorado, there is no greater pastime than skiing through the trees in fresh powder.
However, weaving through the trees can come with risk in the form of tree wells. A tree well .
With the dangers of tree wells on the collective consciousness of the snowsports community, now's a great time to learn a bit more on tree well safety.