In the US state of Washington, Mt. Francis Zuber, skiing at Baker Ski Resort, saved the life of a snowboarder, whom he spotted to have been buried under snow next to a tree. Realizing that the skier could not breathe as his whole body, excluding his feet and snowboard, was stuck in the snow, Zuber immediately dug up the snow blocking his face. Then he let the snowboarder breathe and got rid of the remaining snow, freeing his whole body.