I read a frankly disturbing web page on it. Grim. :shock:
just wondered if anyone had planted into one?
sarah
Has anyone ever had a run in with a "tree well?"
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Started by Queen_sheba in Ski Technique 14-Jan-2009 - 6 Replies
Queen_sheba posted Jan-2009
RossF
reply to 'Has anyone ever had a run in with a "tree well?" ' posted Jan-2009
I know exactly which web page you mean, lol
Sorta, nothing major. Was more impaled on the top of the tree (between my bag and my back) and slowly falling down. Bennyboy has had more serious encounter though.
Sorta, nothing major. Was more impaled on the top of the tree (between my bag and my back) and slowly falling down. Bennyboy has had more serious encounter though.
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Queen_sheba
reply to 'Has anyone ever had a run in with a "tree well?" ' posted Jan-2009
ps Ross - this made me laugh out loud!! I've never heawrd anyone describe it better! :lol: :lol:
Ski-ing 1.n. the art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great personal risk."
Ski-ing 1.n. the art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great personal risk."
RossF
reply to 'Has anyone ever had a run in with a "tree well?" ' posted Jan-2009
It is so true..
www.treewelldeepsnowsafety.com , this website?
www.treewelldeepsnowsafety.com , this website?
Pavelski
reply to 'Has anyone ever had a run in with a "tree well?" ' posted Jan-2009
Read this and it will explain what tree wells do!
A 15-year-old Bountiful girl died earlier this week in a skiing accident at Alta Ski Area.
Megan Pysnak was with her parents and youngest sister about 4 p.m. Wednesday when she became separated from the group, said Alta Town Marshal Mike Morey.
"She had gone off into the trees on a run," said family friend Brett Blake. "[The family] was at the bottom of the hill. They knew it was unlike Megan not to join them right after the run."
The family called ski patrol, but it was the girl's father who found Megan about 40 minutes later in a wooded area near the Vail Ridge run, about 150 feet east of the Sunnyside ski lift, Morey said.
The girl had fallen in a deep, narrow hole in the snow around a tree and her head was buried, Blake said. She was unconscious and flown by medical helicopter to Primary Children's Hospital, where she was pronounced dead Thursday morning, apparently of asphyxiation, Blake said. She was not wearing a helmet.
Blake called Megan Pysnak an "exceptional person," who despite her young age, had been accepted at Brigham Young University for the upcoming fall semester.
Pysnak was home-schooled most of her life before entering Bountiful High School last year, and was in the middle of her junior year.
A cheerful but quiet girl at school, Pysnak could likely not have guessed how many students would send cards, remembrances and good wishes after her death, Blake said.
She was especially
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close to her father, Bernard, and often left notes like "May Rocks!" for her youngest sister, May. She typically skied two or three times a month with her family.
"They were not a family of great means, and they would go up in the afternoons and ski for free," Blake said. Alta offers free skiing on the Sunnyside lift after 3 p.m.
She also leaves behind two older stepsisters, two other sisters, and a brother.
Onno Wieringa, spokesman and general manager for Alta Ski Area, said investigators are looking at the accident to try to determine whether safety measures may be improved. It could be a difficult task, he said, since Pysnak was alone and it's unknown exactly what happened.
"We always feel bad when someone gets hurt. Somebody that young ... it's just not fair," Wieringa said.
Blake said Pysnak's family was "really feel[ing] the loss and the pain," and was not able to speak publicly Saturday.
Tribune reporter Melinda Rogers contributed to this re
A 15-year-old Bountiful girl died earlier this week in a skiing accident at Alta Ski Area.
Megan Pysnak was with her parents and youngest sister about 4 p.m. Wednesday when she became separated from the group, said Alta Town Marshal Mike Morey.
"She had gone off into the trees on a run," said family friend Brett Blake. "[The family] was at the bottom of the hill. They knew it was unlike Megan not to join them right after the run."
The family called ski patrol, but it was the girl's father who found Megan about 40 minutes later in a wooded area near the Vail Ridge run, about 150 feet east of the Sunnyside ski lift, Morey said.
The girl had fallen in a deep, narrow hole in the snow around a tree and her head was buried, Blake said. She was unconscious and flown by medical helicopter to Primary Children's Hospital, where she was pronounced dead Thursday morning, apparently of asphyxiation, Blake said. She was not wearing a helmet.
Blake called Megan Pysnak an "exceptional person," who despite her young age, had been accepted at Brigham Young University for the upcoming fall semester.
Pysnak was home-schooled most of her life before entering Bountiful High School last year, and was in the middle of her junior year.
A cheerful but quiet girl at school, Pysnak could likely not have guessed how many students would send cards, remembrances and good wishes after her death, Blake said.
She was especially
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close to her father, Bernard, and often left notes like "May Rocks!" for her youngest sister, May. She typically skied two or three times a month with her family.
"They were not a family of great means, and they would go up in the afternoons and ski for free," Blake said. Alta offers free skiing on the Sunnyside lift after 3 p.m.
She also leaves behind two older stepsisters, two other sisters, and a brother.
Onno Wieringa, spokesman and general manager for Alta Ski Area, said investigators are looking at the accident to try to determine whether safety measures may be improved. It could be a difficult task, he said, since Pysnak was alone and it's unknown exactly what happened.
"We always feel bad when someone gets hurt. Somebody that young ... it's just not fair," Wieringa said.
Blake said Pysnak's family was "really feel[ing] the loss and the pain," and was not able to speak publicly Saturday.
Tribune reporter Melinda Rogers contributed to this re
Smirnoff_skier
reply to 'Has anyone ever had a run in with a "tree well?" ' posted Jan-2009
I can definately see how bad things can happen in tree wells. 2 weeks ago whilst in La Thuile, I was waiting my my GF's dad and little bro to come down a run. I got a bit bored so skied over a little ridge (just next to the piste) and skied parallel to the piste for a bit. I caught my ski on a stump an ended up standing in snow above my waist by a tree.
It was actually quite scary as the snow was too soft to climb out and I kept falling back in. I ended up digging the snow away in a sort of step type arrangement and clawed myself out. It may only have taken 5 minutes to get out and it wasnt like I was in the middle of nowhere but at the time I did panic a little as no-one was around and I was stuck.
Nasty times for anyone who ends up in one of those with even more snow.
It was actually quite scary as the snow was too soft to climb out and I kept falling back in. I ended up digging the snow away in a sort of step type arrangement and clawed myself out. It may only have taken 5 minutes to get out and it wasnt like I was in the middle of nowhere but at the time I did panic a little as no-one was around and I was stuck.
Nasty times for anyone who ends up in one of those with even more snow.
Tom
Micric
reply to 'Has anyone ever had a run in with a "tree well?" ' posted Jan-2009
Me too,skis off,stepped off side of piste to answer the call of nature behind a small christmas tree,turned to walk back and stepped up to my neck in one,it took me 1/2 an hour of digging,much to the amusement of my party, to extricate myself.Been more careful since.I dont think I touched solid ground.
Topic last updated on 18-January-2009 at 21:27