Dramatic video shows skier rescuing snowboarder stuck in tree well

A dramatic video showing a skier rescuing a snowboarder stuck in a tree well on Mount Baker in Washington state earlier this season has gained nearly half a million views after the rescuer posted it to social media last week. 

Francis Zuber, who is from New York, says he was skiing in a remote area on the mountain — located about 140 kilometres southeast of Vancouver — on March 3 when he noticed a flash of red out of the corner of his eye. 

The video, which he originally posted to YouTube, shows Zuber struggling to move through deep, powdery snow to get to the snowboarder. With only