Reported Mountaineering Accidents, Table II
1951-2005
2006
Geographical Districts
Number of Accidents
Deaths
Total Persons Involved
Number of Accidents
Deaths
Total Persons Involved
CANADA
Alberta
520
142
1033
British Columbia
317
119
641
Yukon Territory
37
28
77
New Brunswick
1
0
0
Ontario
37
9
67
Quebec
31
10
63
East Arctic
8
2
21
West Arctic
2
2
2
Practice Cliffs1
20
2
36
UNITED STATES
Alaska
480
178
803
19
5
41
Arizona, Nevada
Texas
87
18
153
3
0
7
Atlantic-North
933
146
1599
23
1
47
Atlantic-South
96
24
166
2
1
3
California
1243
290
2478
22
4
39
Central
133
16
215
1
1
2
Colorado
740
208
2255
15
4
33
Montana, Idaho
South Dakota
78
31
124
1
1
2
Oregon
195
107
440
5
3
14
Utah, New Mexico
159
58
289
3
0
10
Washington
1028
317
851
8
0
16
Wyoming
546
127
984
7
1
13
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.