|
|
Death toll (estimate)
|
Event
|
Location
|
Date
|
| 1
|
30,000 |
Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake |
Peru |
1970
|
| 2
|
2,000−10,000 |
White Friday (1916) |
Italy |
1916
|
| 3
|
4,000 |
Huascarán avalanche |
Peru |
1962
|
| 4
|
310 |
2015 Afghanistan avalanches |
Afghanistan |
2015
|
| 5
|
265 |
Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanches |
Austria-Switzerland-Italy |
1951
|
| 6
|
201 (56 confirmed, 145 presumed dead) |
2012 Afghanistan avalanches |
Afghanistan |
2012
|
| 7
|
200 |
Lahaul Valley avalanche |
India |
1979
|
| 8
|
172 |
2010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanches |
Afghanistan |
2010
|
| 9
|
155 |
1918 Mitsumata village avalanche |
Japan |
1918
|
| 10
|
154 |
1918 Asahi village avalanche |
Japan |
1918
|
| 11
|
138 |
2012 Gayari Sector avalanche |
Pakistan |
2012
|
| 12
|
125 |
Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide |
Russia |
2002
|
| 13
|
107 |
Saint-Martin (Hautes-Pyrénées) |
France |
1600
|
| 14
|
102 |
2010 Kohistan avalanche |
Pakistan |
2010
|
| 15
|
97 |
1992 Görmeç avalanche |
Turkey |
1992
|
| 16
|
96 |
Wellington, Washington avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United States |
United States |
1910
|
| 17
|
110 |
1922 Hokuetsu Train avalanche |
Japan |
1922
|
| 18
|
84 |
1938 Unazuki avalanche |
Japan |
1938
|
| 19
|
81 |
Pragelato |
Italy |
1904
|
| 20
|
79 (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead) |
1954 Blons avalanches |
Austria |
1954
|
| 21
|
70 |
Frassino avalanche |
Italy |
1885
|
| 22
|
65 |
Palm Sunday Avalanche; deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail (Alaska) |
United States |
1898
|
| 23
|
62 |
1910 Rogers Pass avalanche; deadliest avalanche in Canada |
Canada |
1910
|
| 24
|
59 |
1993 Bayburt Üzengili avalanche |
Turkey |
1993
|
| 25
|
55 |
Møre og Romsdal |
Norway |
1679
|
| 26
|
50 |
Siglunesi |
Iceland |
1613
|
| 27
|
43 |
La Giettaz (Savoie) |
France |
1641
|
| Lenin Peak disaster |
Kyrgyzstan |
1990
|
| 2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster |
Nepal |
October 2014
|
| 30
|
42 |
1995 Gokyo avalanche |
Nepal |
1995
|
| 31
|
41 |
2020 Van avalanches |
Turkey |
2020
|
| 32
|
40 |
Puente del Inca avalanche |
Argentina |
1965
|
| 33
|
39 |
1970 Val-d'Isère avalanche (Savoie) |
France |
1970
|
| 34
|
38 |
Huez-en-Oisans (Isère) |
France |
1749
|
| 35
|
37 |
Ortiporio (Corsica) |
France |
1934
|
| 36
|
32 |
Vallouise (Hautes-Alpes) |
France |
1757
|
| 37
|
31 |
1999 Galtür avalanche |
Austria |
1999
|
| 38
|
29 |
Rigopiano avalanche |
Italy |
2017
|
| 39
|
28 |
Granduc Mine Avalanche |
Canada |
1965
|
| 2023 Nyingchi avalanche |
China |
2023
|
| 39
|
27 |
2022 Uttarakhand avalanche |
India |
2022
|
| 40
|
24 |
Seyðisfjörður |
Iceland |
1885
|
| 2017 Gurez sector avalanche |
India |
2017
|
| 42
|
23 |
Bâlea Lake; deadliest avalanche in Romania |
Romania |
April 1977
|
| 43
|
22 |
2015 Mount Everest avalanches; triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake |
Nepal |
April 2015
|
| 44
|
21 |
Sogn og Fjordane |
Norway |
1873
|
| Lofoten |
Norway |
1956
|
| 46
|
20 |
Hnífsdalur |
Iceland |
1910
|
| 1995 Flateyri avalanche |
Iceland |
1995
|
| 48
|
18 |
Rybô |
Slovakia |
1924
|
| 49
|
16
|
1937 Nanga Parbat tragedy
|
Nepal
|
1937
|
| Low Tatras |
Slovakia |
1956
|
| Vassdalen |
Norway |
1986
|
| 2014 Mount Everest avalanche |
Nepal |
April 2014
|
| 52
|
15 |
1972 Manaslu Nepal avalanche |
Nepal |
1972
|
| 2023 Kharough avalanche
|
Tajikistan
|
February 2023
|
| 53
|
14 |
1995 Súðavík avalanche |
Iceland |
1995
|
| 54
|
12 |
1974 Neskaupstaður avalanches |
Iceland |
1974
|
| High Tatras |
Slovakia |
1974
|
| 1999 Montroc avalanche |
France |
1999
|
| Kaprun avalanche |
Austria |
2000
|
| 58
|
11
|
2009 Zigana avalanche |
Turkey |
2009
|
| Manaslu |
Nepal |
2012
|
| Ingraham Glacier |
United States |
1981
|
| 2022 Marmolada serac collapse |
Italy |
2022
|
| 2023 Astore avalanche |
Pakistan |
2023
|
| 63
|
10 |
2009 Afghan avalanches |
Afghanistan |
2009
|
| 64
|
9 |
Seyðisfjörður |
Iceland |
1732
|
| Siglufjörður |
Iceland |
1919
|
| Cerro ventana avalanche |
Argentina |
2002
|
| 2003 Tatra Mountains avalanche |
Poland |
January 2003
|
| Mont Maudit avalanche (Haute-Savoie) |
France |
2012
|
| Restelica |
Kosovo |
2012
|
| Aru Range, Rutog County; two of the largest avalanches in history |
China (Tibet) |
2016
|
| 2026 Lake Tahoe avalanche |
United States |
2026
|
| 71
|
8 |
Flathead Valley avalanches |
Canada |
2008
|
| Lewes avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
1836
|
| 73
|
7 |
Alpine Meadows (northern California) |
United States |
March 1982
|
| Sankt Anton am Arlberg (Wolfsgruben avalanche) |
Austria |
1988
|
| 2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche |
Canada |
2003
|
| Western Tatras |
Slovakia |
2005
|
| 77
|
6 |
Oravska Magura |
Slovakia |
1968
|
| 1970 Mount Everest disaster |
Nepal |
1970
|
| 2009 Schalfkogel avalanche |
Austria |
2009
|
| Valfréjus avalanche |
France |
January 2016
|
| 81
|
5 |
Loveland Pass avalanche (Colorado) |
United States |
2013
|
| 2016 Geier avalanche |
Austria |
February 2016
|
| 83
|
4 |
2021 Millcreek Canyon avalanche (Utah) |
United States |
2021
|
| 1992 Moab Talking Mountain Cirque Avalanche (Utah)
|
United States
|
1992
|
| 87
|
3 |
1996 Mount Everest disaster |
Nepal |
1996
|
| 2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalanche |
United Kingdom |
2009
|
| 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche (Washington) |
United States |
2012
|
| 2019 Howse Peak avalanche |
Canada |
2019
|
| 2020 Silver Mountain avalanche (northern Idaho) |
United States |
2020
|
| 2025 Chugach Mountains avalanche
|
United States
|
2025
|