Could they survive in winter? Or more clear could they survive from avalanche? I have seen lots of trees that been smashed because of avalanche. the area in near Karaj half an hour far from Tehran. Very cold winter, these trees lay in the skirt of Naz Mount, A 4,000 meter mount Alborz mountain chain. Remind me a family, three tree children and the father that stands in front of them may be for their protection reason. I'm imagining it nothing more.