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Snow Avalanche Incidents

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Current Totals:   Reports This Season - 93  ;  Fatalities This Season - 329 ;  Reports in Database: 1599

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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, 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
		- 1	Jun 14	Montana	Missoula	Skiing
		- 1	Jun 05	Washington	Mt Rainier	Climbing
		- 2	May 29	Alaska	Denali Ruth Gorge	Climbing
		- 2	Mar 20	Canada - BC	Cariboo Mtns	Heli-skiing
		- 1	Mar 19	Canada - BC	Revelstoke	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Feb 04	Germany	Bavaria	Military
			Jan 30	France	Isère	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 18	France	Val d’Isère	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 16	France	Montferrier	Skiing
		- 3	Jan 01	France	Villaroger	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 07	Switzerland	Canton Graubünden	Skiing
			Nov 20	Turkey	Erzurum	Highway
		- 1	Dec 30	Scotland	Torridon	Climbing
		- 2	Dec 30	Scotland	Ben Nevis	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.

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.