This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches by death toll.
Deaths Event Location Date Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake Peru White Friday (1916) Italy 2015 Afghanistan avalanches Afghanistan Peru Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanches Austria-Switzerland-Italy (56 confirmed, 155 presumed dead) 2012 Afghanistan avalanches Afghanistan Lahaul Valley avalanche India 2010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanches Afghanistan 1918 Asahi village avalanche Japan 1918 Mitsumata village avalanche Japan :ja:三俣の大雪崩 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 29, 2017. 2012 Gayari Sector avalanche Pakistan Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide Russia 1922 Hokuetsu Train avalanche Japan :ja:北陸線列車雪崩直撃事故 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 29, 2017. Saint-Martin (Hautes-Pyrénées) France Pierre Bernard Palassou, Nouveaux mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des Pyrénées et des pays adjacens, Pau, imp. Vignancour, 1823 2010 Kohistan avalanche Pakistan 1992 Görmeç avalanche Turkey Wellington, Washington avalanche United States 1938 Unazuki avalanche Japan :ja:泡雪崩#歴史 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 29, 2017. Pragelato Italy (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead) 1954 Blons avalanches Austria Frassino avalanche Italy Palm Sunday Avalanche United States 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche Canada 1993 Bayburt Üzengili avalanche Turkey Møre og Romsdal Norway Siglunesi Iceland La Giettaz (Savoie) France Lenin Peak disaster Kyrgyzstan 2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster Nepal 1995 Gokyo avalanche Nepal 2020 Van avalanches Turkey Puente del Inca avalanche Argentina 1970 Val-d'Isère avalanche (Savoie) France Huez-en-Oisans (Isère) France Christophe Ancey, Vincent Bain, Dynamique des avalanches, Cemagref, 2006, Ortiporio (Corsica) France Vallouise (Hautes-Alpes) France 1999 Galtür avalanche Austria Rigopiano avalanche Italy Granduc Mine Avalanche Canada 2023 Nyingchi avalanche China 2022 Uttarakhand avalanche India Seyðisfjörður Iceland 2017 Gurez sector avalanche India Bâlea Lake Romania 2015 Mount Everest avalanches; triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake Nepal Sogn og Fjordane Norway Lofoten Norway Hnífsdalur Iceland 1995 Flateyri avalanche Iceland Rybô Slovakia Àrreu Spain 1937 Nanga Parbat tragedy Nepal Low Tatras Slovakia VRBA, Miloš, V lavinách a vánicích, Vsetín : Altituda, 2003, Vassdalen Norway 2014 Mount Everest avalanche Nepal 1972 Manaslu Nepal avalanche Nepal 2023 Kharough avalancheTajikistan 1995 Súðavík avalanche Iceland 1974 Neskaupstaður avalanches Iceland High Tatras Slovakia 1999 Montroc avalanche France Kaprun avalanche Austria 2009 Zigana avalanche Turkey Manaslu Nepal Ingraham Glacier United States 1965 Malyovitsa avalanche Bulgaria 2022 Marmolada serac collapse Italy 2023 Astore avalanche Pakistan 2009 Afghan avalanches Afghanistan 2026 Broad Peak avalanche Pakistan Seyðisfjörður Iceland Siglufjörður Iceland Cerro ventana avalanche Argentina 2003 Tatra Mountains avalanche Poland Mont Maudit avalanche (Haute-Savoie) France Restelica Kosovo Aru Range, Rutog County; two of the largest avalanches in history China (Tibet) 2026 Lake Tahoe avalanche United States Flathead Valley avalanches Canada Lewes avalanche United Kingdom Alpine Meadows (northern California) United States Sankt Anton am Arlberg (Wolfsgruben avalanche) Austria 2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche Canada Western Tatras Slovakia Oravská Magura Slovakia 1970 Mount Everest disaster Nepal 2009 Schalfkogel avalanche Austria Valfréjus avalanche France Loveland Pass avalanche (Colorado) United States 2016 Geier avalanche Austria 2021 Millcreek Canyon avalanche (Utah) United States 1992 Moab Talking Mountain Cirque Avalanche (Utah)United States 1996 Mount Everest disaster Nepal 2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalanche United Kingdom 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche (Washington) United States 2019 Howse Peak avalanche Canada 2020 Silver Mountain avalanche (northern Idaho) United States 2025 Chugach Mountains avalancheUnited States2025
See also Avalanche List of natural disasters by death toll List of deaths on eight-thousanders List of mountaineering disasters by death toll
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