So, are tree wells an issue in the Northeast now?

Nick · Feb 13, 2015

I get it's usually around evergreens and such but with snowpack so high is it more of an issue than in other years?

I know all kinds of records are being broken across the Northeast but does this include ski country?

deadheadskier · Feb 13, 2015

No. We don't have the giant everygreen trees needed to create the problem IMO. 2000-2001 was a record winter in the North and it wasn't an issue then. I don't see it as an issue now.

Puck it · Feb 13, 2015

I have gotten stuck in tree well at Mitty. It was a moderate size Spruce but nothing like the west though.

deadheadskier · Feb 13, 2015

Well everyone knows you're special buddy

Puck it · Feb 13, 2015

deadheadskier said:
Well everyone knows you're special buddy

and I wear a helmet.

You never never go full retard!

deadheadskier · Feb 13, 2015

Never :lol:

Nick · Feb 13, 2015

That's what I figured. More like tree indentation

bdfreetuna · Feb 13, 2015

Got stuck upside down in one at Mt Ellen a few years back. I managed to dig out but it took a while.

Upside down halfway busted through the snow and ice on top of a stream at Magic is still my #1 upside down ski fail though.

benski · Feb 14, 2015

When I was about 10 I got stuck in a tree well at in extermination woods at mt Ellen. Almost lost my ski.

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goldsbar · Feb 14, 2015

I've never had an issue in the East...or the West. This seems to happen only in certain places like the PNW and maybe the Sierras?.

Tin · Feb 14, 2015

Puck it said:
I have gotten stuck in tree well at Mitty. It was a moderate size Spruce but nothing like the west though.

Ditto

tekweezle · Feb 14, 2015

I don't think my friend was in any danger but we surprised he fell in so deep.

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The Sneak · Feb 14, 2015

I've been stuck in trees at both Stowe and Burke in years past. Then again, I'm a retard.

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BushMogulMaster · Feb 14, 2015

Got stuck upside down in a tree well in Bravo Woods at Ellen a few years back. My brother had to pull me out. Wow... that makes three of us in this thread who found tree wells there! But the upper mountain does have a lot of evergreens.

Always good to be aware of the dangers of non-avalanche-related-snow-immersion, east, west, north, south, or wherever.

slipshod · Feb 14, 2015

You can get into trouble anyplace that has evergreen trees and ample snowfall. A few years ago a friend of mine fell very awkwardly into a tree well while XC skiing in the Algoma District east of Lake Superior, a place that can get huge dumps of lake-effect snow. There is no way he could have escaped if he'd been alone.

Bene288 · Feb 14, 2015

I was skiing with Kleetus at Jay a few years ago and I fell into one. Not even a ton of fresh snow. They're out there for sure.

Hawkshot99 · Feb 14, 2015

Why aee evergreens worse?

rocks860 · Feb 14, 2015

Hawkshot99 said:
Why aee evergreens worse?

I would imagine more area to create pockets in the snow since there are branches with growth on them

bigbog · Feb 14, 2015

Treewells not a problem outside the resorts up here in Maine....
The accumulation has gotten windblown solidified(aka Sierra Cement) up here so much that an ice axe and crampons could work without any difficulty...
Fwiw...from experience tekweezle isn't exaggerating. Not this winter but have wandered off of a groomer or two @Sunday River, back in the 1990s, only to sink to the hips...

mikestaple · Feb 15, 2015

I've had the good fortune to ski Steamboat a few times. And one of the first things I do with the kids out there is get them up Storm peak. There is a monster evergreen right off the lift. It always has a nice 10 foot wide 6 foot deep, at least, tree well. Scare the beejesus out of them with some harsh chatter at them about tree wells. Impressive and a real threat out West. Haven't really seen them in the East.

So, are tree wells an issue in the Northeast now?

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