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Snow Avalanche Incidents

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Current Totals:   Reports This Season -149 ;  Fatalities This Season - 232 ;  Reports in Database: 1369

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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 06	Switzerland	Uri	Worker
		- 1	May 02	Switzerland	Appenzell Innerrhoden	Hiking
			Feb 08	Colorado	Crested Butte	Skiing
		- 1	Jun 22	France	Pyrenees	Skiing
		- 3	Dec 02	Washington	Crystal Mountain	Camping
		- 2	Jun 04	France	Pyrenees	Hiking
		- 1	Jun 03	India	Gomukh	Trekking
		- 1	May 31	France	Chamonix	Skiing
			May 17	Oregon	Mt Hood	Climbing
			May 11	Canada	Yukon	Railroad
		- 1	May 10	Austria	Tirol	Skiing
		- 1	May 06	Italy	Aosta Region	Skiing
		- 5	Apr 30	Italy	Gran Paradiso	Skiing
		- 1	Apr 07	Alaska	Valdez	Snowboarding
		- 1	Mar 08	Alaska	Cordova	Skiing

Total Number of Incident Reports Posted for 2007-2008: 149
Total Number of Snow Avalanche Fatalities for 2007-2008: 232

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
• Background from the Canadian Avalanche Association - Contributing Factors, etc
• 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. The links are all current as of November 2002 but we hope to add more as soon as our time permits.