Reported Mountaineering Accidents, Table II, 1951-1988
1951-1988
1989
Geographical Districts
Number of Accidents
Deaths
Total Persons Involved
Number of Accidents
Deaths
Total Persons Involved
Canada
Alberta
232
68
516
9
5
18
British Columbia
219
85
476
5
3
10
Yukon Territory
29
25
63
0
0
0
Ontario
24
6
48
1
0
2
Quebec
15
4
43
3
1
6
East Arctic
7
2
20
0
0
0
West Arctic
1
1
2
0
0
0
Practice Cliffs1
13
2
18
0
0
0
United States
Alaska
255
87
799
12
6
25
Arizona, Nevada, Texas'
44
5
75
0
0
0
Atlantic-North
461
78
699
30
1
51
Atlantic-South
31
6
46
3
2
8
California
705
202
1538
25
2
50
Central
64
5
110
7
0
9
Colorado, Oklahoma
464
155
756
19
1
41
Montana, Idaho
42
20
61
4
1
8
South Dakota
Oregon
91
51
226
3
0
8
Utah, New Mexico
70
31
125
8
0
15
Washington
702
228
1227
23
3
39
Wyoming
366
78
635
7
1
18
Practice Cliffs1
362
98
143
3
0
5
1This category includes bouldering, as well as artificial climbing walls, buildings, and so forth. These are added to the count of each state and province, but not to the total count, though that error has been made in previous years.
(Editor’s Note:, There were errors in the U.S. numbers for 1988 for CA, Central, UT/NM, WA, and WY. The corrections are reflected in the cumulative totals. Additionally, the latter do not correlate with Table I for the U.S. because of mixing Practice Cliff statistics in earlier years. Adjustments will be made next year.)