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Current Totals: Reports Posted This Season - 41 ; Fatalities Posted This Season - 46 ; Reports in Database: 1900

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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.

Due to a lack of resources we are behind on archiving some incidents from the last few years. Some still do not have complete files or advisory links. They can be found on the page for that year, or by searching. They are also listed on our working archive page. You can help support our public archive and other work here.

Search All (or most) Incident Reports (Since Oct 1, 1998)
View Report	Advisory	Fatalities	Date	State/Country	Location	Activity
		- 1	Feb 20	Nevada-US	Ruby Mountains	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Feb 20	Idaho-US	Preston	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Feb 19	Idaho-US	Smoky Mountains	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Feb 16	Colorado-US	Rand	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Feb 18	Wyoming-US	Togwotee Pass	Snowboarding
		- 1	Feb 17	Wyoming-US	Alpine	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Feb 14	Colorado-US	Rollins Pass	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Feb 14	Colorado-US	Loveland Pass	Snowboarding
		- 1	Feb 12	Canada-BC	Blackcomb Glacier	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 13	Canada-BC	Whistler area	Snowboarding
			Feb 11	Canada-BC	Garibaldi Park	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 14	Montana-US	Big Sky area	Snowboarding
		- 4	Feb 06	Utah-US	Salt Lake - Millcreek	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 08	Washington-US	Cle Elum Lake	Snowbiking
		- 3	Feb 01	Colorado-US	North San Juans	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 04	Colorado-US	East Vail	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 06	Montana-US	Kalispell area	Snowmobiling
		- 3	Feb 02	Alaska-US	Chugach Park	Climbing
		- 1	Feb 02	New Hampshire-US	Mt Washington	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 03	California-US	Etna	Skiing
			Jan 31	Wyoming-US	Tetons	Skiing
			Jan 22	New Hampshire-US	Tuckerman Ravine	Skiing
			Jan 26	Canada-BC	North Shore	Snowboarding
		- 1	Jan 30	Utah-US	Park City	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 15	Czech Republic	Jeseníky mountains	Skiing
			Jan 27	California-US	Truckee	Roof Avalanche
			Jan 28	France	Val d'Isere	Snowshoeing
		- 3	Jan 08	Russia	Norilsk	Ski Area Cottage
		- 1	Jan 08	Utah-US	Park City	Snowboarding
			Dec 30	Canada-BC	Mt Washington	Snowboarding
		- 2	Jan 01	Spain	Asturias, Aller	Highway Workers
		- 2	Dec 28	Canada-BC	Pemberton area	Snowbikes
		- 1	Dec 26	Colorado-US	Berthoud Pass	Skiing
		- 2	Dec 27	Turkey	Hakkari Province (SE)	Workers
			Dec 25	New York-US	Ulster County	Ski Area Lodge
		- 2	Dec 19	Colorado-US	Silverton	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 18	Wyoming-US	Salt River Range	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Dec 18	Colorado-US	Crested Butte	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 07	Switzerland	Nidwalden Canton	Skiing
		- 1	Nov 28	Canada-BC	Mackenzie	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Nov 17	Kashmir	Kupwara District	Military

Incident Reports Posted for 2020-2021: 41
Reported Fatalities for 2020-2021: 46

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

Archived News on French Incidents (in English)
Annual Accident Summaries for France, 2002-2010 (by PisteHors)
Lessons Learned from Incidents (English translation from French, by PisteHors)
Swiss Incident Information - German, English
Austria, Dec 28 1999, 9 Skiers killed

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.