Winter Break & Tree-wells

By Burke Palmer

They're traps! ... Tree-wells are. If you want to go skiing or snowboarding during winter break, I have a tip; try not getting stuck in treewells. So, once upon a time in a land not too far away, up on Schweitzer, during winter break a few people decided to go skiing together. They had a great time up until one of them said “Hey! Let’s go to the T-Bar”-ocean thunder. So, everyone agreed and to the T-Bar they went. And after everyone unbuckled and hiked up to the T-Bar, they went down Little Blue Ridge Run (usually a blue square but in these conditions it was a black ♦ J). After little blue, they decided to go down detention, (black ♦) and they skied into the trees. That is when everything started going downhill (no pun intended).

Let me just start off by saying this; tree-wells are terrible! Now with that out of the way, let’s continue with the story. Everyone was weaving through the trees, and they were all having lots of fun. But then, the caboose of the little caravan turned a bit too sharply and hit the back of his skis on a tree. He started spiraling out of control when suddenly he falls into a Treewell. Luckily when this student fell into the Tree-well, he only fell up to his chest. So, he begrudgingly climbs out of the treewell and skis ahead. Now he is going as fast as he can because he wants to catch up with the rest of the group. And guess what happens next, he falls into another tree-well. This one was only a few feet down, so it didn’t take him as long to get out. Eventually, he gets out, walks to the run, skis down and has some hot cocoa at The Outback.

If you prefer not to taunt death, you should try ice fishing. It is fun, relaxing, and you get bragging rights if you catch a big one. The concept of ice fishing is to drop down your line maybe jig a little and hope something bites. Another bonus to ice fishing is that the fish you catch (with a little luck) taste good. These are not the only things you can do during winter break, but they are all pretty fun minus falling in tree-wells.