| Death toll (estimate) | Event | Location | Date |
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1 | 22,000 | Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the1970 Ancash earthquake[1] | Peru | 1970 |
2 | 2,000−10,000 | White Friday (1916)[2] | Italy | 1916 |
3 | 4,000 | Huascarán avalanche[1] | 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[3] | Afghanistan | 2012 |
7 | 200 | Lahaul Valley avalanche[4] | India | 1979 |
8 | 172 | 2010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanches | Afghanistan | 2010 |
9 | 155 | 1918 Mitsumata village avalanche[5] | Japan | 1918 |
10 | 154[citation needed] | 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[6] (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 | 90 | 1922 Ōmi Train avalanche[7] | Japan | 1922 |
18 | 84 | 1938 Unazuki avalanche[8] | 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 alongChilkoot 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[citation needed] | Siglunesi | Iceland | 1613 |
27 | 43 | La Giettaz (Savoie)[9] | France | 1641 |
Lenin Peak disaster[10] | Kyrgyzstan | 1990 |
2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster | Nepal | October 2014 |
30 | 42 | 1995 Gokyo avalanche[11] | Nepal | 1995 |
31 | 41 | 2020 Van avalanches | Turkey | 2020 |
32 | 40 | Puente del Inca avalanche[12] | Argentina | 1965 |
33 | 39 | 1970 Val-d'Isère avalanche (Savoie)[13] | France | 1970 |
34 | 38 | Huez-en-Oisans (Isère)[14] | 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[15] | 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 theApril 2015 Nepal earthquake[16][17] | 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[18] | Slovakia | 1924 |
49 | 16 | 1937 Nanga Parbat tragedy | Nepal | 1937 |
Low Tatras[19] | Slovakia | 1956 |
Vassdalen | Norway | 1986 |
2014 Mount Everest avalanche | Nepal | April 2014 |
52 | 15 | 1972 Manaslu Nepal avalanche | Nepal | 1972 |
2023Kharough avalanche[20] | Tajikistan | February 2023 |
53 | 14 | 1995 Súðavík avalanche | Iceland | 1995 |
54 | 12 | 1974 Neskaupstaður avalanches | Iceland | 1974 |
High Tatras[21] | Slovakia | 1974 |
1999 Montroc avalanche[22] | France | 1999 |
Kaprun avalanche | Austria | 2000 |
58 | 11 | 2009 Zigana avalanche | Turkey | 2009 |
Manaslu[23] | Nepal | 2012 |
2022 Marmolada serac collapse | Italy | 2022 |
2023 Astore avalanche | Pakistan | 2023 |
62 | 10 | 2009 Afghan avalanches | Afghanistan | 2009 |
63 | 9 | Seyðisfjörður | Iceland | 1732 |
Siglufjörður | Iceland | 1919 |
Cerro ventana avalanche[24] | Argentina | 2002 |
2003 Tatra Mountains avalanche | Poland | January 2003 |
Mont Maudit avalanche (Haute-Savoie)[25] | France | 2012 |
Restelica | Kosovo | 2012 |
Aru Range,Rutog County; two of the largest avalanches in history[26][27][28][29][30] | China (Tibet) | 2016 |
70 | 8 | Flathead Valley avalanches | Canada | 2008 |
Lewes avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 1836 |
72 | 7 | Alpine Meadows (northernCalifornia) | United States | March 1982 |
Sankt Anton am Arlberg (Wolfsgruben avalanche) | Austria | 1988 |
2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche | Canada | 2003 |
Western Tatras | Slovakia | 2005 |
76 | 6 | Oravska Magura | Slovakia | 1968 |
1970 Mount Everest disaster | Nepal | 1970 |
2009 Schalfkogel avalanche | Austria | 2009 |
Valfréjus avalanche | France | January 2016 |
80 | 5 | Loveland Pass avalanche[31] (Colorado) | United States | 2013 |
2016 Geier avalanche | Austria | February 2016 |
82 | 4 | 2021Millcreek Canyon avalanche[32] (Utah) | United States | 2021 |
83 | 3 | 1996 Mount Everest disaster[33] | Nepal | 1996 |
2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalanche | United Kingdom | 2009 |
2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche (Washington) | United States | 2012 |
2019Howse Peak avalanche | Canada | 2019 |
2020Silver Mountain avalanche (northernIdaho) | United States | 2020 |