List of avalanches by death toll From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches by death toll. More information Deaths, Event ... Deaths Event Location Date Ref. 30,000Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquakePeru1970 [1] 2,000-10,000White Friday (1916)Italy1916 [2] 3102015 Afghanistan avalanchesAfghanistan2015 4,0001962 Ranrahirca landslide [Wikidata]Peru1962 [1] 265Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanchesAustria-Switzerland-Italy1951 201 (56 confirmed, 145 presumed dead)2012 Afghanistan avalanchesAfghanistan2012 [3] 200Lahaul Valley avalancheIndia1979 [4] 1722010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanchesAfghanistan2010 1581918 Asahi village avalancheJapanJanuary 9, 1918 [5] 1551918 Mitsumata village avalancheJapan1918 [6] 1382012 Gayari Sector avalanchePakistan2012 125Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slideRussia2002 1101922 Hokuetsu Train avalancheJapan1922 [7] 107Saint-Martin (Hautes-Pyrénées)France1600 [8] 1022010 Kohistan avalanchePakistan2010 971992 Görmeç avalancheTurkey1992 96Wellington, Washington avalancheUnited States1910 841938 Unazuki avalancheJapan1938 [9] 81PragelatoItaly1904 79 (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead)1954 Blons avalanchesAustria1954 70Frassino avalancheItaly1885 65Palm Sunday AvalancheUnited States1898 621910 Rogers Pass avalancheCanada1910 591993 Bayburt Üzengili avalancheTurkey1993 55Møre og RomsdalNorway1679 50[citation needed]SiglunesiIceland1613 43La Giettaz (Savoie)France1641 [10] Lenin Peak disasterKyrgyzstan1990 [11] 2014 Nepal snowstorm disasterNepalOctober 2014 421995 Gokyo avalancheNepal1995 [12] 412020 Van avalanchesTurkey2020 40Puente del Inca avalancheArgentina1965 [13] 391970 Val-d'Isère avalanche (Savoie)France1970 [14] 38Huez-en-Oisans (Isère)France1749 [15] 37Ortiporio (Corsica)France1934 32Vallouise (Hautes-Alpes)France1757 311999 Galtür avalancheAustria1999 29Rigopiano avalancheItaly2017 28Granduc Mine AvalancheCanada1965 [16] 2023 Nyingchi avalancheChina2023 272022 Uttarakhand avalancheIndia2022 24SeyðisfjörðurIceland1885 2017 Gurez sector avalancheIndia2017 23Bâlea LakeRomaniaApril 1977 222015 Mount Everest avalanches; triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquakeNepalApril 2015 [17][18] 21Sogn og FjordaneNorway1873 LofotenNorway1956 20HnífsdalurIceland1910 1995 Flateyri avalancheIceland1995 18RybôSlovakia1924 [19] 17ÀrreuSpain1804 [20] 161937 Nanga Parbat tragedyNepal1937 Low TatrasSlovakia1956 [21] VassdalenNorway1986 2014 Mount Everest avalancheNepalApril 2014 151972 Manaslu Nepal avalancheNepal1972 2023 Kharough avalanche Tajikistan February 2023 [22] 141995 Súðavík avalancheIceland1995 121974 Neskaupstaður avalanchesIceland1974 High TatrasSlovakia1974 [23] 1999 Montroc avalancheFrance1999 [24] Kaprun avalancheAustria2000 11 2009 Zigana avalancheTurkey2009 ManasluNepal2012 [25] Ingraham GlacierUnited States1981 [26] 1965 Malyovitsa avalancheBulgaria1965 [27] 2022 Marmolada serac collapseItaly2022 2023 Astore avalanchePakistan2023 102009 Afghan avalanchesAfghanistan2009 2026 Broad Peak avalanchePakistan2026 9SeyðisfjörðurIceland1732 SiglufjörðurIceland1919 Cerro ventana avalancheArgentina2002 [28] 2003 Tatra Mountains avalanchePolandJanuary 2003 Mont Maudit avalanche (Haute-Savoie)France2012 [29] RestelicaKosovo2012 Aru Range, Rutog County; two of the largest avalanches in historyChina (Tibet)2016 [30][31][32][33][34] 2026 Lake Tahoe avalancheUnited States2026 [35] 8Flathead Valley avalanchesCanada2008 Lewes avalancheUnited Kingdom1836 7Alpine Meadows (northern California)United StatesMarch 1982 Sankt Anton am Arlberg (Wolfsgruben avalanche)Austria1988 2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalancheCanada2003 Western TatrasSlovakia2005 6Oravská MaguraSlovakia1968 1970 Mount Everest disasterNepal1970 2009 Schalfkogel avalancheAustria2009 Valfréjus avalancheFranceJanuary 2016 5Loveland Pass avalanche (Colorado)United States2013 [36] 2016 Geier avalancheAustriaFebruary 2016 42021 Millcreek Canyon avalanche (Utah)United StatesFebruary 6, 2021 [37][38] 1992 Moab Talking Mountain Cirque Avalanche (Utah) United States February 12, 1992 [39] 31996 Mount Everest disasterNepal1996 [40] 2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalancheUnited Kingdom2009 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche (Washington)United States2012 2019 Howse Peak avalancheCanada2019 2020 Silver Mountain avalanche (northern Idaho)United StatesJanuary 7, 2020 2025 Chugach Mountains avalanche United States 2025 Close See also Avalanche List of natural disasters by death toll List of deaths on eight-thousanders List of mountaineering disasters by death toll References [1]"The Peru Earthquake: A Special Study". 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