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>You can avoid it entirely by staying on trail
Sounds easy enough in in theory but unpredictable winter conditions on the mountains can have other ideas. The internet is littered with trip reports of experienced hikers falling into spruce traps on established routes on the NE 4000ers (or a couple feet off them)

https://www.vftt.org/search/304334/?q=spruce+trap&o=relevance

https://www.adkhighpeaks.com/forums/forum/hiking/adirondack-mountain-hiking/trip-planning-questions-and-answers/526231-spruce-traps