If you're buried in a tree well, and have a clear airway, blowing a whistle could help your friends or ski patrol find you.

Deputies and rescue crews found a skier trapped in a tree well on Mount Bachelor in Oregon. The 34-year-old Seattle man died.

Benjamin Shelkey died after he was found buried in the snow on Mount Bachelor on Monday, March 17, authorities said.

Snowboarders who happened to be riding behind Benjamin Shelkey of Seattle saw his tracks and summoned rescuers with an Apple ...

Video captured a scary moment on Wednesday as a tree fell onto Interstate 80 in Solano County. The tree narrowly missed two vehicles that were traveling in nearby lanes. Viewer Sam from Fairfield ...

A large group of adults and kids learned how to tap sap at Carpenter Nature Center in the St. Croix Valley near Hastings on ...

Ski patrollers reached the reporting party and took over patient care. The injured individual was transported to the Mt. Bachelor Clinic, where he later succumbed to his injuries. The deceased was ...

In the wake of Monday's tragic death of a Seattle man who fell into a deep tree well while skiing at Mt. Bachelor, the resort ...

Tree wells are formed when snow accumulates around the base of a tree but not under the lower hanging branches, making a pocket of unstable snow. Snow immersion suffocation can happen when a skier ...