Tree well got him?
When I was a ski bum I was by myself in the back country and fell upside down in a tree well. I was upside-down with my feet in the air with heavy cement snow all around. I couldn’t breathe and was about to do a panic jolt with my entire body to try to get out.. Something stopped me from doing that and my mind told me to calm down and reach out. Sure enough there was a broken branch leaning down right next to my hand. I Grabbed it and was able to pull myself up to breathe again.
Why don’t they issue GPS trackers for slopes that have a risk of getting lost?