Reported Mountaineering Accidents, Table II
1951-2002
2003
Geographical Districts
Number of Accidents
Deaths
Total Persons Involved
Number of Accidents
Deaths
Total Persons Involved
Canada
Alberta
468
130
998
22
4
26
British Columbia
293
108
621
6
2
6
Yukon Territory
34
26
75
0
0
0
New Brunswick
0
0
0
1
0
0
Ontario
37
9
67
0
0
0
Quebec
28
9
60
1
0
0
East Arctic
8
2
21
0
0
0
West Arctic
1
1
2
0
0
0
Practice Cliffs1
20
2
36
0
0
0
United States
Alaska
447
171
743
14
2
23
Arizona, Nevada Texas
78
16
145
1
0
1
Atlantic-North
855
140
1493
29
1
50
Atlantic-South
86
23
153
1
0
1
California
1,134
269
2,331
39
5
72
Central
131
16
211
1
0
1
Colorado
707
196
2236
4
1
10
Montana, Idaho South Dakota
76
30
120
1
0
2
Oregon
173
99
404
6
3
14
Utah, New Mexico
141
53
264
1
0
1
Washington
983
303
796
11
2
20
Wyoming
519
117
962
10
4
35
1This category includes bouldering, artificial climbing walls, buildings, and so forth. These are also added to the count of each province, but not to the total count, though that error has been made in previous years. The Practice Cliffs category has been removed from the U.S. data.