The following is a list of mountaineering disasters in North America by death toll. This list includes climbing and mountaineering disasters that resulted in multiple deaths (2+) in North America. FatalitiesYearTypeMountainLocationDetails111981AvalancheMount Rainier, Ten climbers and a guide died during an avalanche on Ingraham Glacier92026AvalancheCastle Peak, 2026 Lake Tahoe avalanche91986StormMount Hood, Seven students and two teachers died from hypothermia during a storm while attempting to reach the summit of Mount Hood71955AvalancheMount Temple, Seven youths from the Philadelphia Wilderness Camp died in an avalanche while on the Southwest Ridge of Mount Temple.71959AvalanchePico de Orizaba, In 1959 an expedition of seven disappeared while climbing Pico de Orizaba. In 2015, their mummified bodies were discovered on the mountain.71967StormDenali, Seven climbers died in a severe blizzard62014FallMount Rainier, Two guides and four clients died in a fall while attempting to summit Mount Rainier from the Liberty Ridge route.61939Cornice collapseMount Baker, Six climbers fell to their death when the cornice they were on collapsed51968LynchingLa Malinche, 2 mountain climbers were killed and 3 injured by villagers who believed them to be communists51981FallMount Hood, Five members of the Mazamas climbing group died during a fall from Cooper Spur while descending.51969AvalancheMount Cleveland, Five climbers were killed by an avalanche on Mount Cleveland on New Years Day.41954FallMount Victoria, Three climbers and their guide, connected to each other by rope, fell to their deaths while climbing the Victoria Glacier. Three other climbers in the group who were not connected to them were later rescued.42012AvalancheDenali, Four climbers died in an avalanche.42023FallPico de Orizaba, Four climbers were killed in a fall while climbing the southern slope of Pico de Orizaba.32002FallMount Hood, Nine climbers fell into a crevasse on Mount Hood, killing three. 32024StormPico de Orizaba, Three people died, including a guide, during harsh weather on Pico de Orizaba. Nine others from the group of twelve were either rescued or descended the mountain.32019Avalanche or cornice collapseHowse Peak, Three climbers were killed while descending Howse Peak.32025FallEarly Winters Spires, Three rock climbers killed in a fall in North Cascades National Park.32006StormMount Hood, Three experienced climbers died in a winter storm on Mount Hood.31948FallNorman Clyde Peak, Three members of the Sierra Club died in a fall during a descent on Norman Clyde Peak.32025High windsMount Baldy, Three hikers killed in failed rescue attempt due to high winds.32002AvalancheMount Foraker, 3 climbers died in an avalanche.32005Rock fallSharkfin Tower, A group of climbers were struck by a boulder, killing three in North Cascades National Park.32023AvalancheColchuck Peak, Four climbers were carried away by an avalanche while climbing the Northeast Couloir route on Colchuck Peak. Three of the climbers died as a result of the avalanche.32021AvalancheBear Mountain, Three climbers were discovered dead from an avalanche after being reported missing while attempting to summit Bear Mountain in Chugach National Forest.31965FallMaroon Bells, Three members of the Los Alamos Mountaineering Club died in a fall in a couloir.31969FallMount Washington, Three men died in a fall while climbing in Huntington Ravine.32024UnknownMount Garibaldi, Three climbers were found dead after having gone missing while climbing the mountain months prior. Search efforts were hampered by bad weather conditions.21979FallMount Edith Cavell, Two men were killed in a fall on the north face of Mount Edith Cavell in Jasper National Park.21997FallPtarmigan Peak, Two climbers were killed and twelve were injured during a fall into a boulder field during a descent from Ptarmigan Peak.21979FallDenali, Two members of the 1979 Korean McKinley Expedition died in a fall during bad weather.22003FallMount Caubvik, , Two experienced climbers died after one had broken his leg and the other attempted to descend to get help yet also fell due to poor visibility.21960AccidentBlanca Peak, 21986FallMount Robson, Two men were killed in a fall while climbing Mount Robson, the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies.22018StormMendenhall Towers, Two climbers are presumed to have died during a winter storm while climbing the Mendenhall Towers near Juneau, Alaska.22012FallHeart Mountain, Two rock climbers fell to their death.22019Rock fallRed Slate Mountain, Two climbers were killed by rockfall while attempting to summit Red Slate Mountain.22024FallMount Whitney, Two climbers were killed in a fall on Mount Whitney.22021AvalancheMount Andromeda, Two experienced climbers were killed in an "unsurvivable" avalanche while climbing Mount Andromeda in Jasper National Park.22003FallTahquitz Peak, Two experienced climbers fell to their death in a fall caused by faulty gear and poor weather.22002AvalancheMount Washington, Seven people where swept away by an avalanche into Tuckerman Ravine while climbing Mount Washington. Two of the climbers died.21996AvalancheMount Washington, Two men were killed in the Gulf of Slides by an avalanche.21994ExposureMount Washington, Two men died from hypothermia while climbing Mount Washington.21979FallMount Washington, Two men died in a fall in Huntington Ravine21965FallMount Washington, Two men died in a fall in Huntington Ravine21964AvalancheMount Washington, Two men were killed in an avalanche on Mount Washington21958ExposureMount Washington, A man and a woman died from hypothermia in the Crawford Path area of Mount Washington.21971FallMount Hood, A man and son died in a fall22026FallMount Rainier, Two climbers were recovered from the Wilson Glacier section of Mount Rainier after suffering falls.21981FallMount Hood, Two men died on Cooper Spur21994FallMount Hood, A four-person group of climbers fell while climbing Mount Hood, two of them died.22018FallEl Capitan, Two climbers fell to their death while climbing El Capitan.22011AvalancheDenali, An Israeli and a Canadian died in an avalanche while climbing in a gully.22023AvalancheThe Moose's Tooth, Two climbers are believed to have died in an avalanche while attempting to summit the Moose's Tooth in Denali National Park.

See also

List of mountaineering disasters by death toll List of mountaineering disasters in Europe by death toll

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