#SnowImmersionSuffocation

2023-06-26

Defendant Mt. Bachelor wins lawsuit where father claimed ski area owed greater duty to son who died in tree well suffocation tinyl.io/8qT8

@recreationlaw

2023-03-08

A tree well is a hole of loose or unconsolidated snow surrounding a tree, forming a hazard when skiing in the backcountry. Unfortunately, this is what happened recently at Purgatory Resort in Colorado when a skier fell into a tree well and died. rec-law.us/3yrCyCx

@recreationlaw

2023-01-10

29-year-old skier dies at Powderhorn Mtn Resort, CO, from what appears to be a suffocation witnessed rec-law.us/3jTWFFg

@SkiPowderhorn @recreationlaw

2022-12-12

1st ski/board death of the season, immersion fatality of snowboarder at Mt. Baker. Boarder was riding alone & found by other riders seeing his snowboard tip sticking out of the snow. rec-law.us/3UVR1PQ

@MtBakerSki @recreationlaw

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