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.

A Minnesota man died after a snowboarding incident near Silverton on March 16. Ronald Smith, 54, of St. Paul, was found ...

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

A 34-year-old Seattle man died Monday after apparently falling into a tree well while recreating on the west side of Mount ...

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 ...