Reported Mountaineering Accidents, Table II
1951-2009
2010
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
542
197
919
13
4
27
Arizona, Nevada
Texas
97
18
177
3
0
8
Atlantic-North
1026
150
1763
21
1
38
Atlantic-South
123
28
217
20
5
40
California
1331
298
637
53
4
87
Central
136
18
219
0
0
0
Colorado
800
219
2378
41
10
87
Montana, Idaho
South Dakota
86
35
140
4
0
8
Oregon
218
116
486
3
1
6
Utah, New Mexico
181
60
332
3
0
5
Washington
1062
324
925
12
4
47
Wyoming
576
135
1043
12
5
36
*No data from 2006-2010
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.