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Current Totals:   Reports Posted This Season - 18 ;  Fatalities Posted This Season - 24 ;  Reports in Database: 1745

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Current Years Snow Avalanche Incidents:

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We only list the most recently added avalanche incidents here on the front section page. They may not be chronological, they are generally added to the top whenever we create the report file. All other incidents since October 1998 can be located using the search page. (Somewhat) Regular updates by e-mail whenever incidents are added are also available.

Search All Incident Reports (Since Oct 1, 1998)                                    
View Report Advisory Fatalities Date State/Country Location Activity
REPORT:   FATALITIES: - 3 Apr 27 Japan Mt Shirouma Climbing
REPORT:     Apr 16 Norway Hemsedal Climbing
REPORT:     Apr 19 Alaska-US North of Nome Climbing
REPORT:     Feb 16 Colorado-US Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
REPORT: REPORT: FATALITIES: - 5 Apr 20 Colorado-US Loveland Pass Snowboarding
REPORT: REPORT: FATALITIES: - 2 Apr 13 Washington-US Snoqualmie Pass Snowshoeing
REPORT:     Feb 17 NewYork-US Adirondacks Climbing
REPORT:   FATALITIES: - 4 Jan 19 Scotland Glencoe Climbing
REPORT:   FATALITIES: - 1 Dec 19 Switzerland Valais Skiing
REPORT:   FATALITIES: - 1 Oct 23 Canada-BC Squaw Valley Ski Area
REPORT:   FATALITIES: - 9 Jul 12 France Mt Blanc Climbing
REPORT:   FATALITIES: - 1 Mar 09 Georgia (2011) Mt Lomisi Skiing
REPORT:   FATALITIES: - 11 Sep 23 Nepal Manaslu Climbing
REPORT: REPORT: FATALITIES: - 1 Feb 02 Colorado-US Silverton Skiing
REPORT: REPORT: FATALITIES: - 1 Jan 27 Wyoming-US Tetons Skiing
REPORT: REPORT: FATALITIES: - 1 Jan 27 Wyoming-US South of Jackson Skiing
REPORT:   FATALITIES: - 2 Jan 18 Utah-US Uintas Snowmobiling
REPORT: REPORT: FATALITIES: - 1 Jan 13 Colorado-US Marble Skiing
REPORT:   FATALITIES: - 1 Dec 30 Colorado-US Snowmass Ski Patrol
REPORT:   FATALITIES: - 1 Dec 24 California-US Alpine Meadows Ski Patrol
REPORT:     Dec 23 California-US Squaw Valley Ski Area
REPORT:   FATALITIES: - 1 Dec 24 California-US Donner Ski Ranch Ski Area

Incident Reports Posted for 2012-2013: 18
Reported Fatalities for 2012-2013: 24

Incidents from seasons prior to October 1998:

     (Seasons run Oct 1 through Sept 30)

All incidents since October 1, 1998 can be found using the search form.

Other Avalanche Incidents and Related Pages

Grief and Loss Resources

After a close call, or one by a friend or family member, Critical Incident Stress may occur. Additional useful information is available from the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.

Snow Avalanche Statistics

This section has graphs and links to graphs concerning avalanche accident statistics. These are old and go back to November 2002.


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