a lot of people don’t know what a tree well is and most have not stood on 7 feet of snow next to a line shack looking at the top of a roof next to their snow machine. It’s a regional thing and to a lot of people it doesn’t register.
I don't ski, but live near Mammoth Mountain where a few years ago, 11 feet of snow fell in the town, in the town, during one storm, not just on the mountain ski area.