FATALITIES
Snow avalanches claim an average of 100 lives in Europe every year. The common goal of all European Avalanche Warning Services is to reduce the loss of lives and damages due to avalanches by providing the society with efficient and effective avalanche forecasting and warning services.
We start recording the number of fatalities on 1 October every year. The figures are based on reports received from EAWS members and their partners. Please let us know if there is any missing data and errors, by sending an e-mail to us.
Season 2022/23
Total Fatalities: 104
0died
Andorra
2021-06-11
15died
Austria
2024-11-11
0died
Czechia
2021-02-18
0died
Finland
2024-02-22
25died
France
2024-10-10
0died
Germany
2024-02-13
0died
Iceland
2022-11-07
24died
Italy
2024-09-13
0died
Liechtenstein
2022-02-07
8died
Norway
2024-02-01
3died
Poland
2024-04-22
1died
Romania
2024-02-28
4died
Slovakia
2024-01-30
0died
Slovenia
2021-06-17
0died
Spain
2024-04-09
23died
Switzerland
2024-05-06
1died
United Kingdom
2023-10-24
Number of people killed in an avalanche
| Location | Country | Date | Avalanche Problem 1 | Avalanche Problem 2 | Dead | Group Size | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ceillac |
France |
2022-11-04 11:30:00 |
Wind slab | 1 | 2 | Mountaineering/Climbing | |
|
Champagny-en-Vanoise |
France |
2022-11-05 10:00:00 |
New snow | 2 | 2 | Mountaineering/Climbing | |
|
Chantonnet |
Switzerland |
2022-12-11 11:14:00 |
New snow | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 2 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Pass dei Omenit |
Switzerland |
2022-12-11 12:00:00 |
Wind slab | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 4 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Piz Radönt |
Switzerland |
2022-12-03 11:40:00 |
1 | 4 | Mountaineering/Climbing | ||
|
Enchastrayes |
France |
2022-12-05 15:30:00 |
New snow | Wind slab | 1 | 2 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Le Mônetier-les-Bains |
France |
2022-12-07 14:40:00 |
New snow | Persistent weak layer | 1 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Vars |
France |
2022-12-10 15:40:00 |
New snow | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 1 | Off-piste skiing |
|
Krzyżne (trail) Five lakes valley |
Poland |
2022-10-07 16:06:00 |
Wet snow | 1 | |||
|
Przełęcz pod Kopą Kondracką (trail) Kondratowa Valley |
Poland |
2022-12-10 10:54:00 |
Wind slab | 1 | 5 | Hiking on foot or snowshoeing | |
|
La Léchère |
France |
2022-12-17 11:00:00 |
New snow | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 2 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Arp - Courmayeur |
Italy |
2022-12-18 12:00:00 |
Wind slab | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 2 | Off-piste skiing |
|
Arp Vieille - Valgrisence |
Italy |
2022-12-17 11:30:00 |
Wind slab | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 2 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Rif. Passo S. Niccolò |
Italy |
2022-12-10 13:00:00 |
New snow | Wind slab | 1 | 7 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Priečne sedlo, Malá Studená dolina |
Slovakia |
2022-12-22 12:14:00 |
Wind slab | 2 | 2 | Hiking on foot or snowshoeing | |
|
Lazaunspitze |
Italy |
2022-12-25 11:37:00 |
Wind slab | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 1 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Val d\'Oronaye |
France |
2023-01-09 12:00:00 |
New snow | Wind slab | 1 | 7 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Madesimo |
Italy |
2023-01-09 12:50:00 |
Wind slab | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 1 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Hemsedal skisenter |
Norway |
2022-12-31 14:00:00 |
Persistent weak layer | Wind slab | 1 | 1 | Off-piste skiing |
|
Moanebba |
Norway |
2023-01-06 14:00:00 |
Wind slab | 1 | 3 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Gusela del Nuvolau |
Italy |
2023-01-11 16:30:00 |
Wind slab | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 2 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Forc. Cir - Val Chedul |
Italy |
2023-01-10 13:00:00 |
Wind slab | Wind slab | 1 | 4 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Punta Chaligne |
Italy |
2023-01-14 12:15:00 |
Wind slab | 1 | 2 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc |
France |
2023-01-14 17:30:00 |
New snow | Wind slab | 1 | 3 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Gorihorn |
Switzerland |
2023-01-15 12:50:00 |
Persistent weak layer | Wind slab | 1 | 3 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Peisey-Nancroix |
France |
2023-01-19 15:00:00 |
Wind slab | New snow | 1 | Off-piste skiing | |
|
Cima Tombolin di Caldenave |
Italy |
2023-01-24 15:00:00 |
Wind slab | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 2 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Monte Elmo |
Italy |
2023-01-25 16:00:00 |
Wind slab | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 1 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Widerschwing |
Austria |
2023-01-25 12:17:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 1 | 4 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Grosz icefall |
Slovakia |
2023-01-29 17:00:00 |
Wind slab | 2 | 3 | Mountaineering/Climbing | |
|
Grand Chavalard |
Switzerland |
2023-01-24 12:00:00 |
Wind slab | 2 | 2 | Hiking on foot or snowshoeing | |
|
Val Segnas |
Switzerland |
2023-02-04 13:30:00 |
New snow | Persistent weak layer | 2 | Off-piste skiing | |
|
Monte spicco |
Italy |
2023-02-03 12:36:00 |
New snow | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 1 | Off-piste skiing |
|
Mont Gran Fanes di Marebbe- lago di Limo |
Italy |
2023-02-04 10:38:00 |
Persistent weak layer | Wind slab | 1 | 2 | Backcountry skiing |
|
M.Cristallo - Canale Pra del Vecia |
Italy |
2023-02-03 14:26:00 |
Persistent weak layer | Wind slab | 1 | 9 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Königstal |
Austria |
2023-02-03 13:40:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 1 | 3 | Off-piste skiing | |
|
Gedrechter |
Austria |
2023-02-04 12:17:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 1 | 1 | Off-piste skiing | |
|
Kapall Törli |
Austria |
2023-02-04 10:20:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 2 | 3 | Off-piste skiing | |
|
Steinermandl |
Austria |
2023-02-04 12:00:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 1 | 1 | Other | |
|
Hohe Aifner Spitze |
Austria |
2023-02-04 12:00:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 1 | 1 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Eisenkar |
Austria |
2023-02-05 10:15:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 1 | 3 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Le Monetier les Bains |
France |
2023-02-06 14:30:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 1 | 7 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Walmendinger Horn / Kleinwalsertal |
Austria |
2023-02-03 00:00:00 |
1 | 1 | Off-piste skiing | ||
|
Gontalscharte |
Austria |
2023-01-28 15:00:00 |
Persistent weak layer | Wind slab | 1 | 1 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Kornock |
Austria |
2023-01-21 12:20:00 |
Wind slab | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 2 | Off-piste skiing |
|
Plinitzgraben |
Austria |
2023-01-15 11:15:00 |
Wind slab | 1 | 1 | Off-piste skiing | |
|
Regural trail to Czarny Staw ( Gąsienicowa Valley ) Tatra |
Poland |
2023-02-02 14:36:00 |
Wind slab | 1 | 3 | Hiking on foot or snowshoeing | |
|
Wannenkar |
Austria |
2023-02-06 12:00:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 1 | 1 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Il Motto |
Italy |
2023-02-11 08:15:00 |
Wind slab | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 1 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Megève |
France |
2023-02-12 15:00:00 |
1 | Off-piste skiing | |||
|
Bric dell\'oliveto |
Italy |
2023-03-09 15:00:00 |
Wind slab | 1 | 5 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Munții Rodnei, Vârful Prislop |
Romania |
2023-02-23 14:00:00 |
New snow | Wind slab | 1 | Snowmobiling | |
|
Six Blanc |
Switzerland |
2023-03-11 12:00:00 |
New snow | 2 | 2 | Off-piste skiing | |
|
Isenfluh, Gälba Schopf |
Switzerland |
2023-03-12 10:00:00 |
New snow | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 3 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Louettes Econduè |
Switzerland |
2023-03-13 12:25:00 |
New snow | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 4 | Off-piste skiing |
|
Modane |
France |
2023-03-13 13:00:00 |
Persistent weak layer | Wet snow | 1 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Cheneil |
Italy |
2023-03-14 11:15:00 |
Wind slab | New snow | 1 | 4 | Off-piste skiing |
|
Hoher Sarstein |
Austria |
2023-03-11 16:00:00 |
Wind slab | 1 | 1 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Peisey-Nancroix |
France |
2023-03-16 14:30:00 |
1 | Off-piste skiing | |||
|
Champagny-en-Vanoise |
France |
2023-03-17 12:30:00 |
Persistent weak layer | Wet snow | 1 | 5 | |
|
Champagny-en-Vanoise |
France |
2023-03-18 17:00:00 |
Wet snow | Persistent weak layer | 1 | 3 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Canale degli spagnoli - Val Veny |
Italy |
2023-03-19 13:15:00 |
Wet snow | Persistent weak layer | 2 | 4 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Schaftällihorn |
Switzerland |
2023-03-16 12:00:00 |
Persistent weak layer | Wet snow | 1 | 1 | |
|
Louettes Econduè |
Switzerland |
2023-03-15 11:40:00 |
Persistent weak layer | Wet snow | 1 | 6 | Off-piste skiing |
|
Scheid |
Austria |
2023-03-17 10:25:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 1 | 2 | Off-piste skiing | |
|
Monte Rotberg |
Italy |
2023-03-25 13:30:00 |
Wet snow | Persistent weak layer | 2 | 2 | Hiking on foot or snowshoeing |
|
Canale di Vofrede |
Italy |
2023-04-01 11:43:00 |
Wind slab | New snow | 2 | 2 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Tiergartenspitz |
Italy |
2023-04-02 08:47:00 |
Wind slab | Persistent weak layer | 2 | 7 | Backcountry skiing |
|
Kvalvikdalen |
Norway |
2023-03-31 15:00:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 2 | 5 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Grøtnedbukta, Reinøya |
Norway |
2023-03-31 15:15:00 |
Persistent weak layer | Wet snow | 2 | 2 | Within building or structure |
|
Tverrelva, Storslett |
Norway |
2023-03-31 17:15:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 1 | 6 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Les Contamines-Montjoie |
France |
2023-04-09 11:30:00 |
Wet snow | Wind slab | 6 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Pointe de la Golette |
France |
2023-04-13 14:00:00 |
New snow | Wind slab | 3 | 4 | |
|
Gstelliwang |
Switzerland |
2023-03-21 16:05:00 |
Persistent weak layer | 2 | 12 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Säntis |
Switzerland |
2023-04-23 14:25:00 |
Wet snow | Gliding snow | 1 | 2 | Hiking on foot or snowshoeing |
|
Val Musauna |
Switzerland |
2023-04-29 12:50:00 |
Wet snow | 1 | 2 | On skiruns | |
|
Jungfrau |
Switzerland |
2023-05-17 10:30:00 |
New snow | 1 | 1 | Backcountry skiing | |
|
Grosshorn |
Switzerland |
2023-05-19 12:00:00 |
Wind slab | 3 | 3 | Mountaineering/Climbing | |
|
Aletschhorn |
Switzerland |
2023-06-02 19:00:00 |
1 | 2 | Backcountry skiing | ||
|
Middagstinden |
Norway |
2023-04-24 14:00:00 |
New snow | Wind slab | 1 | 2 | Backcountry skiing |
|
No2 Gully Ben Nevis |
United Kingdom |
2022-12-30 15:30:00 |
Wind slab | 1 | 2 | Mountaineering/Climbing |