The spruce and pine trees all around are weighed down, more snow than tree, and the steep mountainside that falls away beneath the farm is hidden behind cloud.

BBC: Snowbound Slovenia

By Sunday morning the situation had improved, although the A5 remained closed between the B4401 (Corwen) and the B5103 (Berwyn) in Denbighshire due to a fallen tree and snow.

BBC: Wales weather: Power restored after heavy snow

If they were branches of a tree weighed down with snow, they would be torn from the trunk in the first breeze.

ECONOMIST: AN ENGINEERING MYSTERY

New York has experienced only 2.06 inches of rain the past 20 days after a winter that set records for snow, which funneled water to tree roots.

WSJ: Sniff, Sneeze, Blow, Wipe, Repeat

Contractors were due to remove the tree on Tuesday but Mr Snow, a joiner from Scarborough, climbed into its branches, preventing its removal.

BBC: The tree in Irton

Skiers and snowboarders in search of fresh snow often hitchhike from lower elevations to the rocky summit above tree line.

NPR: 5 Snowboarders Killed In Colorado Avalanche

The rising tree population could disrupt the natural processes that cycle snow and energy through the region and increase the amount of carbon it stores, according to the researchers.

CNN: Shrub census shows Alaskan Arctic losing its cool

The easy ride along tree-lined roads has few hills, and the snow-covered mountains, off-shore islands and deep forests make for majestic scenery.

BBC: Journey to Canada��s secret sunshine coast