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Current Totals: Reports This Season - 43 ; Fatalities This Season - 60 ; Reports in Database: 1520

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Current Years Snow Avalanche Incidents:

- Incident Summaries via the Avalanche Center RSS Incidents Channel

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
			Jan 30	France	Isère	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 04	Germany	Bavaria	Military
		- 1	Jan 29	Utah	Davis County	Snowmobiling
		- 5	Jan 26	China	NW - Xinyuan county	Other
		- 1	Jan 16	France	Montferrier	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 28	Idaho	Soldier Mountains	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Jan 27	Utah	Solitude (Salt Lake)	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 22	Idaho	Sun Valley	Ski Area
		- 1	Jan 24	Utah	Snowbasin (Ogden)	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 18	Canada - BC	Sicamous	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Jan 18	France	Val d’Isère	Skiing
			Jan 11	Colorado	Front Range	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 06	Colorado	Vail	Skiing
		- 3	Jan 01	France	Villaroger	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 31	France	Orelle	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 25	France	Asco	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 27	Italy	Trentino Alto Adige	Skiing
		- 4	Dec 27	Italy	Trentino Alto Adige	Rescue
		- 2	Dec 27	Italy	Trentino Alto Adige	Climbing
		- 1	Jan 03	Switzerland	Canton Valais	Skiing
		- 4+	Jan 09	India	Kashmir	Unknown
			Jan 01	Colorado	Vail	Ski Area
		- 3	Dec 30	Poland	Rysy Peak	Hiking
		- 1	Jan 06	Wyoming	Jackson Hole	Ski Area
		- 4	Jan 03	Switzerland	Canton Bern	Rescue
		- 3	Jan 03	Switzerland	Canton Bern	Skiing
		- 5	Jan 08	Russia	Kabardino-Balkaria	Climbing
			Dec 16	Alaska	Valdez	Roof Avalanche
		- 1	Jan 05	Canada - BC	Rossland	Skiing
			Dec 22	Montana	Big Mountain (OB)	Skiing
			Nov 09	Montana	Big Mountain (OB)	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 03	Montana	Cooke City	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Jan 02	Oregon	LaPine/Paulina Peak	Snowmobiling
			Jan 02	Oregon	K Falls/Pelican Butte	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Dec 25	France	Chamonix	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 23	France	Réallon	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 30	Scotland	Torridon	Climbing
		- 2	Dec 30	Scotland	Ben Nevis	Climbing
		- 1	Dec 21	Switzerland	Valais	Snowmobiling
			Nov 20	Turkey	Erzurum	Highway
		- 1	Dec 17	Idaho	Cascade/Rock Lake	Snowmobiling
			Dec 15	Oregon	Crater Lake/Garfield Pk	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 10	Montana	Bozeman/Hyalite Canyon	Ice Climbing

Incident Reports Posted for 2008-2009: 130
Reported Fatalities for 2008-2009: 228

Incidents from seasons prior to October 1998:

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

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Other Avalanche Incidents and Related Pages

News on French Incidents (in English)
Annual Accident Summaries for France (by PisteHors)
Lessons Learned from Incidents (English translation from French, by PisteHors)
Swiss Incident Summaries - German, English
Austria, Dec 28 1999, 9 Skiers killed (in German - use the online translator)

Grief and Loss Resources

After a close call, or one by a friend or family member, Critical Incident Stress may occur. Here is some useful information on Signs and Symptoms and on What to Do.