'Near-death experience': Dramatic ski rescue
A father has rescued his son from a “near-death experience” after he fell into a snowy tree well during a terrifying ski run.
The nail-biting close call was captured on a helmet camera.
Winston Goss was skiing with his son Ethan when the boy went ahead on the slope and crashed into the base of a large tree immediately becoming lodged in the deep snow.
The helmet cam footage taken on the slopes shows the heart-pounding moment Goss hears his son’s desperate cries for help after becoming trapped under the heavy snow fall.
The panicked father quickly realised his son was struggling to breath after being buried in snow.
Goss quickly swung into action and began the rescue mission to save his son’s life.
The footage shows Goss telling his son to stay calm and talking him through how to become dislodged from the heavy snow and finally free himself.
Following the daring rescue you can hear the young man say: "I've had a near-death experience”.
Goss posted the footage to Facebook in a bid to warn others about the potential dangers of skiing.
"Please, take the time to know the dangers around you," he wrote.
"What you're about to see is a very real threat and there are many who die each year."
The father added the most important lesson is to "never ski alone."
According to online reports tree wells — voids around the bases of trees that form after heavy snowfall —shockingly cause more than a quarter of all suffocations by snow.
Other reports state that approximately 90 percent of people who get stuck in tree wells are not able to rescue themselves.
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