Looking back at tallies of avalanche deaths in the U.S. and Europe, it’s clear that the deadliest years are the snowiest, when the most people go out into the backcountry to ski powder. However, it’s possible (though impossible to measure) that the risk per skier hour in the backco...
Approximately 150 fatalities occur annually in Europe and North America.1, 2, 3, 4 During the 31 winter seasons between 1983 and 2015, Europe and North America recorded 5123 avalanche fatalities,5 about 165 deaths per year; most are from Europe, about 130 per year. In the same period an ...