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Snow Avalanche Incidents

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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:

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

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

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 (Google translate English version)

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.