2008 - 2009 Avalanche Incidents

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Report	Advisory	Fatalities	Date	State/Country	Location	Activity
		- 1	Aug 14	New Zealand	Methven	Heli-Skiing
			Aug 13	New Zealand	Tasman Valley Road	Highway
		- 1	Aug 02	New Zealand	Coronet Peak	Snowboarding
		- 3	Aug 02	Peru	Mt Tocllaraju	Climbing
		- 1	Jul 24	New Zealand	Methven	Heli-Skiing
		- 2	Jun 24	France	Mt Blanc	Climbing
		- 1	May 07	Nepal	Mt Everest	Climbing
		- 24	May 04	Pakistan	Kashmir	Unknown
		- 1	Apr 27	France	Haute Route	Skiing
		- 1	Apr 18	Alaska	Valdez	Snowmobiling
		- 7	Apr 17	Pakistan	Mach Gali	Workers
		- 1	Apr 16	Canada - QC	Gaspésie	Skiing
		- 7	Apr 14	India	Cashmir	Military
		- 3	Apr 13	France	Ristolas	Skiing
			Apr 11	New Hampshire	Mt Washington	Climbing
		- 1	Apr 10	Canada - BC	Valemount	Snowmobiling
		- 5	Apr 06	Pakistan	Lowari Pass	Highway
			Apr 06	Austria	Muhr in Lungau	Village/Road
		- 1	Apr 05	Idaho	Ketchum	Snowmobiling
		- 2	Apr 05	Austria	Grossvenediger	Unknown
		- 2	Apr 04	Slovakia	Tatra Mtns	Unknown
		- 1	Apr 04	France	Le bouchet	Skiing
			Apr 04	France	Val d'Isere	Skiing
		- 1	Apr 03	Slovenia	Mt Storzic	Climbing
			Mar 30	Utah	Salt Lake	Highway
		- 1	Mar 28	Alaska	Kenai Peninsula	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Mar 27	Canada - BC	Golden	Snowmobiling
			Mar 25	Alaska	Portage	Railroad
		- 1	Mar 25	Canada - BC	Kimberly	Snowmobiling
		- 2	Mar 24	Canada - BC	McBride	Snowmobiling
		- 8	Mar 23	India	Kashmir	Militants
			Mar 23	Montana	Bozeman	Skiing
		- 1	Mar 22	Austria	Tyrol	Skiing
		- 1	Mar 21	Canada - BC	Blue River	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Mar 18	Canada - BC	100 Mile House	Snowmobiling
			Mar 16	Canada - AB	Lake Louise	Skiing
		- 1	Mar 11	Austria	Unknown	Skiing
		- 4	Mar 11	France	Savoie	Skiing
		- 1	Mar 08	Oregon	Wallowas (NE)	Skiing
			Mar 07	Canada - BC	Golden	Skiing
		- 1	Mar 07	France	Lanslebourg	Professional
		- 3	Mar 07	France	Le Verneil	Skiing
		- 1	Mar 06	Idaho	Ketchum	Skiing
		- 1	Mar 03	California	Squaw Valley	Ski Patrol
			Mar 02	Canada - BC	Comox	Skiing
			Mar 01	Idaho	McCall	Snowmobiling
		- 2	Feb 28	Slovenia	Brana Peak	Climbing
		- 3	Feb 27	Wyoming	Alpine	Snowmobiling
		- 6	Feb 27	Tajikistan	Istiklol Tunnel	Highway
		- 1	Feb 27	Idaho	Priest Lake	Snowmobiling
			Feb 25	Idaho	Featherville	Snowmobiling
			Feb 23	California	Yosemite	Climbing
		- 1	Feb 22	California	Lake Tahoe	Skiing
			Feb 21	Utah	Ogden	Skiing
		- 2	Feb 15	Pakistan	Chitral	Workers
		- 4	Feb 15	Pakistan	Chitral	Walking
		- 2	Feb 15	Switzerland	Graubünden	Skiing
		- 4	Feb 14	Pakistan	Lowari Tunnel	Workers
		- 1	Feb 14	Germany	Tegernsee	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 14	France	Larche	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 12	France	Crévoux	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 12	Turkey	Trabzon Province	Heli-Skiing
		- 3	Feb 11	Switzerland	Valais	Snowshoeing
			Feb 11	Montana	W Yellowstone	Snowmobiling
			Feb 10	Croatia	Split	Rescue
		- 1	Feb 10	Pakistan	Chitral	Walking
		- 1	Feb 09	Italy	Aosta	Climbing
			Feb 09	Austria	Salzburg	Skiing
		- 1	Feb 09	Russia	Kamchatsky	Snowboarding
		- 1	Feb 08	Russia	Siberia	Workers (Rail)
			Feb 07	Russia	Kemerovo Region	Railroad
			Feb 07	Alaska	Juneau	Highway
		- 4	Feb 05	India	Kashmir	Unknown
			Jan 31	Illinois	Carbondale	Roof Avalanche
			Jan 29	Colorado	Telluride	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 28	Bulgaria	Bansko	Snowboarding
		- 1	Jan 27	France	Barèges	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 25	France	Arêches	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 25	France	Fontcouverte	Skiing
		- 10	Jan 25	Turkey	Zigana (NE)	Hiking
		- 2	Jan 24	France	Les Carroz	Snowshoeing
		- 2	Jan 24	France	St Fran. Longchamp	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 24	France	Mont de Lans	Skiing
		- 3	Jan 24	Scotland	Glencoe	Climbing
		- 1	Jan 20	France	Les Avanchers	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 20	France	Les Gets	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 17	Spain	North of Madrid	Skiing
		- 1	Jan 17	Canada - BC	Tumbler Ridge	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Jan 17	Montana	Cooke City	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Jan 17	Montana	Big Sky (SW of)	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Jan 17	Montana	MT/ID Border	Snowmobiling
		- 10	Jan 16	Afghanistan	Salang Tunnel	Highway
		- 1	Jan 16	Canada - BC	Valemont	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Jan 14	Canada - BC	Banff NP	Hiking
		- 3	Jan 13	India	Kashmir	Walking
		- 1	Jan 11	Canada - BC	Mara Mountain	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Jan 11	Canada - BC	Chetwynd	Snowmobiling
		- 2	Jan 10	France	Sixt	Climbing
			Jan 08	France	Corsica	Skiing
			Jan 08	Canada - BC	Whistler	Ski Area
		- 1	Jan 08	Canada - BC	Terrace	Heli-skiing
			Jan 07	Utah	Brighton	Snowboarding
		- 2	Jan 07	Argentina	Aconcagua	Climbing
		- 1	Jan 02	Wyoming	Cody	Climbing
		- 1	Jan 01	Canada - BC	Whistler	Snowboarding
		- 1	Dec 31	Canada - BC	Whistler	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 30	Washington	Rockford	Roof Avalanche
			Dec 29	Utah	Snowbasin	Ski Patrol
		- 1	Dec 29	Utah	Uinta Range	Snowmobiling
			Dec 29	Wyoming	Jackson Hole Resort	Ski Area
		- 1	Dec 28	Washington	Methow	Snowmobiling
		- 8	Dec 28	Canada - BC	Fernie	Snowmobiling
		- 2	Dec 27	Colorado	Grand County	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Dec 27	Wyoming	Jackson Hole Resort	Ski Area
			Dec 26	Utah	Salt Lake area	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 26	Czech Republic	Cervinkova mulda	Unknown
		- 1	Dec 25	California	Squaw Valley	Ski Area
		- 2	Dec 24	Utah	Logan Peak	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Dec 24	Austria	Vorarlberg	Skiing
			Dec 21	Colorado	Telluride	Ski Area
		- 1	Dec 20	France	St Pierre dels Forcats	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 17	Colorado	Crested Butte	Skiing
			Dec 17	Colorado	Vail	Ski Area
			Dec 16	California	Mammoth Mountain	Ski Patrol
			Dec 16	Utah	Park City Area	Snowmobiling
		- 1	Dec 14	France	Gex	Snowshoeing
			Dec 14	Colorado	Vail	Ski Area
		- 1	Dec 14	Colorado	Aspen	Skiing
			Dec 14	Utah	Park City Area	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 14	Utah	Snowbird	Ski Area
			Dec 14	Alaska	Turnagain Pass	Skiing
		- 16	Dec 11	Afghanistan	Baharak District	Unknown
		- 1	Dec 07	France	Larche	Skiing
		- 1	Dec 07	France	Isola 2000	Snowboarding
		- 1	Dec 07	Spain	Pyrenees	Walking
		- 1	Dec 06	France	Arêches	Skiing
		- 1	Nov 30	France	Chamrousse	Skiing
		- 10	Nov 16	India	Kashmir	Military