Reported Mountaineering Accidents, Table II
1951-1998
1999
Geographical Districts
Number of Accidents
Deaths
Total
Persons
Involved
Number of Accidents
Deaths
Total
Persons
Involved
Canada
Alberta
396
113
870
20
7
50
British Columbia
264
103
588
7
2
16
Yukon Territory
33
26
73
0
0
0
Ontario
33
8
61
2
1
3
Quebec
27
7
58
0
0
0
East Arctic
7
2
20
0
0
0
West Arctic
1
1
2
0
0
0
Practice Cliffs1
20
2
36
0
0
0
United States
Alaska
397
157
622
16
3
26
Arizona, Nevada Texas
73
13
138
0
0
0
Atlantic-North
737
100
1248
31
2
54
Atlantic-South
70
21
133
4
0
7
California
995
236
2070
27
2
52
Central2
121
13
194
1
1
2
Colorado
641
188
1106
9
0
21
Montana, Idaho South Dakota
64
25
98
6
0
11
Oregon
144
71
343
5
2
19
Utah, New Mexico
117
40
211
3
1
5
Washington
934
274
689
13
4
31
Wyoming
483
106
887
7
1
17
1This category includes bouldering, as well as artificial climbing walls, buildings, and so forth. These are also added to the count of each state and province, but not to the total count, though that error has been made in previous years. Also, the Practice Cliffs category has been removed from the U.S. data.
(Editor’s Note: The totoal reported for the category Injured in Table I above for 1998 was 281. It should have been recorded as 138 and the Total for 1998 should read 4234.)