2007 - 2008 Avalanche Incidents

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Report	Advisory	Fatalities	Date	State/Country	Location	Activity
		- 2	Aug 28	Canada	Mt. Athabasca	Climbing
		- 8	Aug 24	France	Mt Blanc	Climbing
			Aug 17	New Zealand	Richardson Mtns	Heli-skiing
		- 1	Aug 17	Australia	Kosciuszko NP	Skiing
			Aug 03	Argentina	Bariloche	Snowboarding
		- 11	Aug 01	Pakistan	K2	Climbing
		- 7	Jun 24	India	Chamoli District	Trekking
		- 1	Jun 22	France	Pyrenees	Skiing
		- 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
		- 1	May 06	Switzerland	Uri	Worker
		- 1	May 02	Switzerland	Appenzell Innerrhoden	Hiking
		- 5	Apr 30	Italy	Gran Paradiso	Skiing
		- 1	Apr 21	Norway	Uloeya	Skiing
		- 1	Apr 18	Switzerland	Valais	Climbing
		- 1	Apr 19	France	Boréon	Skiing
		- 1	Apr 16	Switzerland	Graubünden	Skiing
			Apr 16	Alaska	Juneau	Industrial
		- 1	Apr 15	France	Larch	Skiing
		- 1	Apr 07	Alaska	Valdez	Skiing
		- 6	Apr 06	Pakistan	Nambal	Walking
			Apr 04	Colorado	Keystone	Snowshoeing
		- 2	Apr 03	Spain	Lleida	Skiing
		- 1	Mar 27	Canada	Valemount, BC	Snowmobiling
		- 2	Mar 25	Kazakhstan	Yakutia	Skiing
		- 1	Mar 22	Poland	Krkonose Mountains	Snowboarding
		- 1	Mar 21	Canada	Thetford Mines, QC	Other
		- 4	Mar 20	France	Pyrenees	Climbing
		- 1	Mar 18	Switzerland	Graubünden	Skiing
		- 1	Mar 16	Idaho	Orofino	Snowmobiling
			Mar 15	Colorado	Aspen	Roof Avalanche
		- 2	Mar 14	France	Les Houches	Skiing
		- 1	Mar 14	France	Les Arcs	Skiing
		- 16	Mar 13	China	Guozigou	Workers
			Mar 13	Canada	Newfoundland	House
		- 1	Mar 08	Alaska	Cordova	Skiing
		- 2	Mar 08	Japan	Mt Gentagadake	Climbing
			Feb 28	Russia	Urals	Railroad
		- 5	Feb 28	Kyrgyzstan	Issyk-Kul	Unknown
		- 1	Feb 27	Spain	Sierra Nevada	Skiing
			Feb 26	Wyoming	Jackson Hole	Skiing
			Feb 26	Utah	Alta	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 25	India	Kashmir	Military
		- 2	Feb 24	Tajikistan	Nurobod District	Unknown
			Feb 23	Wyoming	Casper Mountain	Skiing
			Feb 23	Alaska	Turnagain Pass	Skiing
		- 2	Feb 22	Russia	Urals	Sledding
		- 2	Feb 21	Tajikistan	North	Village
		- 1	Feb 20	Georgia (Country)	Ninotsminda	Worker
			Feb 19	Maine	Naples	Roof Avalanche
		- 1	Feb 18	Russia	North Ossetia	Military
		- 1	Feb 18	Canada	Kootenay Park	Skiing
		- 3	Feb 17	India	Kashmir - Uri	Village
		- 1	Feb 16	Canada	Revelstoke	Snowmobiling
		- 2	Feb 15	Alaska	Turnagain Pass	Snowmobiling
			Feb 11	Idaho	Placerville	Roof Avalanche
			Feb 08	Colorado	Crested Butte	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 08	Idaho	Garden City	Roof Avalanche
		- 20	Feb 08	India	Kashmir	Village
			Feb 07	Washington	Leavenworth	Home
		- 2	Feb 03	Japan	Nagano Prefecture	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 01	Turkey	Yuksekova town	Unknown
		- 1	Feb 01	Canada	Elkford	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Feb 01	Colorado	Rifle	Snowmobiling
			Jan 30	Scotland	Lochnagar	Climbing
		- 2	Jan 30	Turkey	Kadikoy village	Unknown
			Jan 29	Canada	Castle Mountain	Ski Area
		- 4	Jan 28	Russia	Tatarstan	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 28	California	Sequoia Park	Skiing
			Jan 27	Montana	Lookout Pass I-90	Highway
			Jan 27	California	Carson Pass	Highway
			Jan 26	Colorado	Vail Area	Skiing
		- 3	Jan 25	California	San Gabriel Mtns	Skiing
			Jan 24	Utah	Ogden	Highway
		- 1	Jan 20	Montana	Near Big Sky	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 19	Switzerland	Valais	Ski Area
		- 1	Jan 18	New Hampshire	Mt Washington	Climbing
		- 1	Jan 16	Canada	Golden	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 15	Switzerland	Valais	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 15	France	Villarodin	Skiing
			Jan 13	Canada	Kananaskis	Skiing
		- 2	Jan 13	Montana	Whitefish	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 13	Switzerland	Graubünden	Snowshoeing
		- 1	Jan 13	Switzerland	Graubünden	Skiing
		- 4	Jan 13	Italy	Brescia	Snowmobiling
			Jan 12	Montana	Gallatin County	Snowmobiling
		- 2	Jan 12	France	Belledonne Range	Skiing
		- 3	Jan 12	Wyoming	Star Valley	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Jan 12	Colorado	Vail Area	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 10	Colorado	Blanca Peak	Climbing
		- 1	Jan 09	France	Tignes	Skiing
		- 15	Jan 09	India/Kashmir	Kashmir	Military
		- 2	Jan 08	India/Kashmir	Kashmir	Military
		- 7	Jan 08	Pakistan	Chitral	Military
			Jan 08	France	LaPlagne	Skiing
			Jan 08	Oregon	Santiam Pass	Highway
			Jan 08	Oregon	Bend	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 07	Turkey	Eastern Turkey	Hunting
		- 1	Jan 07	Canada	Banff Park	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 06	Canada	Grand Forks	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Jan 06	Canada	Mount Arthurs	Snowmobiling
			Jan 06	Canada	Whistler	Ski Area
		- 1	Jan 06	Canada	Big White	Ski Area
			Jan 05	Canada	Rossland	Cat Skiing
			Jan 05	Idaho	Baldy	Ski Area
			Jan 05	California	Squaw	Ski Area
		- 1	Jan 05	France	Abriès range	Skiing
		- 3	Jan 04	Spain	Pyrenees	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 04	Colorado	Vail area	Snowboarding
		- 1	Jan 04	Washington	Mt Pilchuck	Hiking
		- 1	Jan 03	Switzerland	Bern Canton	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 03	North Dakota	Fargo	Roof Avalanche
			Jan 02	Colorado	Telluride	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 02	Wyoming	Snowy Mountains	Snowmobiling
			Jan 01	Wyoming	Teton Pass	Snowboarding
		- 2	Jan 01	Washington	Mt Baker	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Jan 01	Canada	Whistler	Skiing
			Dec 31	Colorado	Grand Lake	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Dec 31	Utah	Uintas	Snowmobiling
		- 4	Dec 31	Japan	Northern Alps	Climbing
			Dec 29	France	Vosges	Climbing
			Dec 29	Alaska	Turnagain Pass	Skiing
			Dec 26	Montana	Big Sky	Ski Area
		- 1	Dec 25	Utah	Weber Canyon	Snowmobiling
		- 2	Dec 24	Canada	100 Mile House	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Dec 23	France	Val Louron	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 23	Utah	The Canyons	Ski Area
		- 3	Dec 21	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Highway
			Dec 20	New Hampshire	Mt Washington	Climbing
			Dec 20	Montana	Big Mountain	Snowmobiling
			Dec 19	Montana	Big Mountain	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Dec 18	Washington	Mt Rainier	Snowshoeing
		- 1	Dec 16	Slovenia	Julian Alps	Climbing
			Dec 15	Slovenia	Eastern Karavanks	Climbing
			Dec 15	Czech Republic	Velky Kotel	Skiing
		- 16	Dec 11	Afghanistan	Badakhshan	Village
			Dec 08	Colorado	San Juans	Highway x2
		- 2	Dec 08	Canada	Kananaskis AB	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 08	Austria	Vorarlberg	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 04	Switzerland	Fribourg Canton	Skiing
		- 7	Dec 04	Tibet	Sichuan	Walking
			Dec 04	Montana	Cooke City	Snowmobiling
		- 2	Dec 04	France	Cuneo Region	Snowboarding
		- 3	Dec 02	Washington	Crystal Mountain	Camping
			Dec 02	Washington	Crystal Mountain	Ski Patrol
		- 2	Dec 02	Washington	Snoqualmie Pass	Camping
		- 1	Dec 02	Colorado	Front Range	Skiing
		- 4	Nov 23	Japan	Hokkaido	Climbing
			Nov 18	Canada	Bow Summit	Skiing
			Nov 14	Colorado	Jones Pass	Skiing
		- 1	Nov 12	Canada	Kananaskis	Climbing