List of avalanches by death toll

This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches by death toll.

Deaths Event Location Date Ref.
30,000Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquakePeru1970
2,000-10,000White Friday (1916)Italy1916
3102015 Afghanistan avalanchesAfghanistan2015
4,0001962 Ranrahirca landslide [Wikidata]Peru1962
265Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanchesAustria-Switzerland-Italy1951
201 (56 confirmed, 155 presumed dead)2012 Afghanistan avalanchesAfghanistan2012
200Lahaul Valley avalancheIndia1979
1722010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanchesAfghanistan2010
1581918 Asahi village avalancheJapanJanuary 9, 1918
1551918 Mitsumata village avalancheJapan1918
1382012 Gayari Sector avalanchePakistan2012
125Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slideRussia2002
1101922 Hokuetsu Train avalancheJapan1922
107Saint-Martin (Hautes-Pyrénées)France1600
1022010 Kohistan avalanchePakistan2010
971992 Görmeç avalancheTurkey1992
96Wellington, Washington avalancheUnited States1910
841938 Unazuki avalancheJapan1938
81PragelatoItaly1904
79 (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead)1954 Blons avalanchesAustria1954
70Frassino avalancheItaly1885
65Palm Sunday AvalancheUnited States1898
621910 Rogers Pass avalancheCanada1910
591993 Bayburt Üzengili avalancheTurkey1993
55Møre og RomsdalNorway1679
50[citation needed]SiglunesiIceland1613
43La Giettaz (Savoie)France1641
Lenin Peak disasterKyrgyzstan1990
2014 Nepal snowstorm disasterNepalOctober 2014
421995 Gokyo avalancheNepal1995
412020 Van avalanchesTurkey2020
40Puente del Inca avalancheArgentina1965
391970 Val-d'Isère avalanche (Savoie)France1970
38Huez-en-Oisans (Isère)France1749
37Ortiporio (Corsica)France1934
32Vallouise (Hautes-Alpes)France1757
311999 Galtür avalancheAustria1999
29Rigopiano avalancheItaly2017
28Granduc Mine AvalancheCanada1965
2023 Nyingchi avalancheChina2023
272022 Uttarakhand avalancheIndia2022
24SeyðisfjörðurIceland1885
2017 Gurez sector avalancheIndia2017
23Bâlea LakeRomaniaApril 1977
222015 Mount Everest avalanches; triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquakeNepalApril 2015
21Sogn og FjordaneNorway1873
LofotenNorway1956
20HnífsdalurIceland1910
1995 Flateyri avalancheIceland1995
18RybôSlovakia1924
17ÀrreuSpain1804
161937 Nanga Parbat tragedyNepal1937
Low TatrasSlovakia1956
VassdalenNorway1986
2014 Mount Everest avalancheNepalApril 2014
151972 Manaslu Nepal avalancheNepal1972
2023 Kharough avalanche Tajikistan February 2023
141995 Súðavík avalancheIceland1995
121974 Neskaupstaður avalanchesIceland1974
High TatrasSlovakia1974
1999 Montroc avalancheFrance1999
Kaprun avalancheAustria2000
11 2009 Zigana avalancheTurkey2009
ManasluNepal2012
Ingraham GlacierUnited States1981
1965 Malyovitsa avalancheBulgaria1965
2022 Marmolada serac collapseItaly2022
2023 Astore avalanchePakistan2023
102009 Afghan avalanchesAfghanistan2009
2026 Broad Peak avalanchePakistan2026
9SeyðisfjörðurIceland1732
SiglufjörðurIceland1919
Cerro ventana avalancheArgentina2002
2003 Tatra Mountains avalanchePolandJanuary 2003
Mont Maudit avalanche (Haute-Savoie)France2012
RestelicaKosovo2012
Aru Range, Rutog County; two of the largest avalanches in historyChina (Tibet)2016
2026 Lake Tahoe avalancheUnited States2026
8Flathead Valley avalanchesCanada2008
Lewes avalancheUnited Kingdom1836
7Alpine Meadows (northern California)United StatesMarch 1982
Sankt Anton am Arlberg (Wolfsgruben avalanche)Austria1988
2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalancheCanada2003
Western TatrasSlovakia2005
6Oravská MaguraSlovakia1968
1970 Mount Everest disasterNepal1970
2009 Schalfkogel avalancheAustria2009
Valfréjus avalancheFranceJanuary 2016
5Loveland Pass avalanche (Colorado)United States2013
2016 Geier avalancheAustriaFebruary 2016
42021 Millcreek Canyon avalanche (Utah)United StatesFebruary 6, 2021
1992 Moab Talking Mountain Cirque Avalanche (Utah) United States February 12, 1992
31996 Mount Everest disasterNepal1996
2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalancheUnited Kingdom2009
2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche (Washington)United States2012
2019 Howse Peak avalancheCanada2019
2020 Silver Mountain avalanche (northern Idaho)United StatesJanuary 7, 2020
2025 Chugach Mountains avalanche United States 2025

See also

References

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