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01-10-2010, 06:29 AM
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Just out of curiosity, I did a google image search for "spruce trap." There seems to be a few VFTTers that made the first page of hits
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02-08-2010, 12:17 PM
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tree wells
I was snowshoeing near Hopkinton NH on Saturday and saw that every tree over a few inches in diameter had a tree well. I don't know if it is the sun heating the trunk or rain running down the trunk that melts the snow, but there was definitely a ring of bare ground around each tree.
This might be a good time for those interested to study the phenomenon. Even if you fall in head first you can probably get out as the snow was less than a foot deep. |
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02-08-2010, 12:42 PM
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I'll bring a diving board, and the first person to do a triple backflip-header-into-spruce-trap gets a gold medal...
Jay
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02-08-2010, 09:24 PM
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Location: Montreal Area Avatar: Rammy
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I'm sure Pete must have a Spruce beer trap story....
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