A panic-inducing video of a snowboarder buried head first in deep snow at the base of a tree has gone viral and highlights the importance of staying within eyesight of skiing and boarding buddies. On ...

Francis Zuber was enjoying the kind of powder skiing you’re lucky to get once a season. Just out of bounds at the Mt. Baker Ski Area, Zuber was enjoying deep turns when he caught sight of something ...

A Minnesota man died after a snowboarding incident near Silverton on March 16. Ronald Smith, 54, of St. Paul, was found head-down in a tree well off County Road 20A above the Lackawanna Mill on the ...

Francis Zuber was skiing the backcountry area of a Washington mountain when he saw something red out of the corner of his eye. When he looked closer, he saw a board wiggling in the air above the snow ...

Out Alive is a podcast about real people who survived the unsurvivable. Check out more seasons and episodes here. Francis Zuber was enjoying the kind of powder skiing you’re lucky to get once a season ...

For many in Southwest Colorado, there is no greater pastime than skiing through the trees in fresh powder. However, weaving through the trees can come with risk in the form of tree wells. A tree well ...