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Snow Avalanche Incidents

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Current Totals:   Reports This Season - 130 ;  Fatalities This Season - 228 ;  Reports in Database: 1509

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[Most recent] [Since Oct 1999 ] [Seasons prior to Oct 1999 ] [First Hand Accounts]
[Other Incidents-Related Pages] [Grief and Loss Resources] [Avalanche Statistics]

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. All other incidents since October 1998 can be located using the search page. 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
		- 1	May 07	Nepal	Mt Everest	Climbing
		- 24	May 04	Pakistan	Kashmir	Unknown
		- 1	Apr 27	France	Haute Route	Skiing
		- 7	Apr 17	Pakistan	Mach Gali	Workers
		- 7	Apr 14	India	Cashmir	Military
		- 1	Mar 11	Austria	Unknown	Skiing
			Apr 06	Austria	Muhr in Lungau	Village/Road
		- 2	Apr 05	Austria	Grossvenediger	Unknown
		- 1	Mar 22	Austria	Tyrol	Skiing
			Feb 09	Austria	Salzburg	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 14	Germany	Tegernsee	Skiing
		- 2	Feb 15	Switzerland	Graubünden	Skiing
		- 3	Feb 11	Switzerland	Valais	Snowshoeing

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.

Accident Compilations:

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.

Snow Avalanche Statistics

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