Reported Mountaineering Accidents, Table II
1951-2008
2009
Geographical
Number of
Total
Persons
Number of
Total
Persons
Districts
Accidents
Deaths
Involved
Accidents
Deaths
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
526
192
889
16
5
30
Arizona, Nevada
Texas
95
18
172
2
0
5
Atlantic-North
1004
150
1733
22
0
30
Atlantic-South
118
27
207
5
1
10
California
1305
295
2585
26
3
52
Central
136
18
219
0
0
0
Colorado
779
216
2333
21
3
45
Montana, Idaho,
South Dakota
84
33
135
2
2
5
Oregon
211
112
481
7
4
13
Utah, New Mexico
175
60
322
6
0
10
Washington
1050
321
898
12
3
27
Wyoming
569
133
1026
7
2
17
*No data from 2006-2009
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.