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"ref": "2012, Eli Burakian, Basic Illustrated Snowshoeing, page 70",
"text": "First, tree wells are formed when the canopy of a tree prevents snow from accumulating at the base. Tree wells are noted by a deep ring of much shallower snow around the trunk, with walls of snow just beyond the protection of the canopy.",
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"ref": "2013, Elisabeth Barrett, Christmas in Tahoe",
"text": "Steer clear of the tree wells. They can be really deep and dangerous.",
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"ref": "2014, Inspiring Generations: 150 Years, 150 Stories in Yosemite, page 188",
"text": "We skied back the way we had come for about thirty minutes when I saw her. Mary was hanging upside down by the tips of her skies from a tree well.",
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"ref": "2014, Patrick Armstrong, The Log of a Snow Survey",
"text": "Townsend hare inhabit this area, particularly above the cabin, and a skier is likely to have one explode from a tree well and disappear into the whiteness as he skis by. Life is a constant bivouac for them -- they spend days huddled in tree wells during storms -- but I suspect they are as content and warm in their luxurious coats as we are in a cabin.",
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"ref": "1998, David Reed, The Art and Craft of Stonescaping: Setting and Stacking Stone, page 71",
"text": "A tree well is a great solution to a problem that often arises during excavation of a building, driveway, or road site. When excavated soil is carelessly mounded around the base of a tree, the tree gradually suffocates. Removing this soil from around the trunk and dry-stacking a tree well to retain the soil at a safe distance can save a tree's life.",
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"ref": "2012, Lisa Mummery Gartland, Heat Islands: Understanding and Mitigating Heat in Urban Areas",
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