Reported Mountaineering Accidents, Table II
1951-84
1985
Geographical
Districts
Number
of
Accidents
Deaths
Total
Persons
Involved
Number
of
Accidents
Deaths
Total
Persons
Involved
Canada
Alberta
185
57
407
16
0
33
British Columbia
179
72
361
8
2
23
Yukon Territory
20
22
51
0
0
0
Ontario
18
4
36
1
0
2
Quebec
11
2
28
2
1
4
East Arctic
6
2
18
0
0
0
West Arctic
1
1
2
0
0
0
Practice Cliffs
12
2
16
0
0
0
United States
Alaska
187
68
633
15
2
60
Arizona, Nevada Texas
31
5
50
2
0
2
Atlantic—North
346
72
482
32
1
64
Atlantic—South
26
6
33
0
0
0
California
423
185
1047
88
1
144
Central
52
5
83
1
0
2
Colorado,
Oklahoma
400
142
623
7
0
16
Hawaii
2
1
2
0
0
0
Montana, Idaho, South Dakota
39
18
53
0
0
0
Oregon
82
41
187
4
0
8
Utah, New Mexico1
54
28
96
4
0
9
Washington
618
207
1066
28
6
64
Wyoming
338
69
569
14
7
34
Practice Cliffs
343
97
120
3
0
7
'Includes revision from 1984, both of which resulted in fatalities. One was caused by a fall to the ground because of inadequate protection, and the other was a slip on a snow descent of Mt. Olympus (Utah) by a Scout leader.