Snow Immersion Suffication By The Numbers

Tree Well and Snow Immersion Suffocation (SIS) Information

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Photos by: Marco Tomasello, Gwyn Howat, Paul Baugher and courtesy of Crystal Mountain & Mt. Baker

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Paul Baugher
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gwyn@mtbaker.us
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