Statistical Tables, Reported Mountaineering Accidents, Table II

Publication Year: 1987.

Geographical

Districts

Number

of

Accidents

1951-1985

Deaths

Total

Persons

Involved

Number

of

Accidents

1986

Deaths

Total

Person

Involve



Canada

Alberta

201

57

440

18

9

41



British Columbia

187

74

384

1

4

29



Yukon Territory

20

22

51

2

1

10



Ontario

19

5

38

0

0

0



Quebec

13

3

32

0

0

0



East Arctic

6

2

18

0

0

0



West Arctic

1

1

2

0

0

0



Practice Cliffs1

12

2

16

1

0

2



United States

Alaska

202

70

693

11

4

15



Arizona, Nevada Texas

34

5

54

3

0

5



Atlantic—North

378

73

546

26

0

48



Atlantic—South

26

6

33

2

0

5



California

511

186

1191

84

5

153



Central

53

5

85

2

0

4



Colorado,

Oklahoma

407

142

639

26

6

65



Hawaii

2

1

2

0

0

0



Montana, Idaho, South Dakota

39

18

53

2

1

4



Oregon

86

41

195

2

9

25



Utah, New Mexico

58

28

105

9

3

13



Washington

646

213

1130

25

7

41



Wyoming

352

76

603

10

2

26



Practice Cliffs1

346

97

127

1

1

1



1 This category includes areas such as the Index Town Wall in Index WA, the tower at the Vancouver B.C. Expo, artificial climbing walls, stone towers, buildings, and so forth. These are also added to the count of each state and province.