List of avalanches by death tollThis is an incomplete list of notable avalanches by death toll.Death toll EventLocationDate1Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquakePeru2White Friday (1916)Italy34000Huascarán avalanchePeru43102015 Afghanistan avalanchesAfghanistan5265Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanchesAustria-Switzerland-Italy6201 2012 Afghanistan avalanchesAfghanistan7200Lahaul Valley avalancheIndia81722010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanchesAfghanistan91551918 Mitsumata village avalancheJapan101541918 Asahi village avalancheJapan111382012 Gayari Sector avalanchePakistan12125Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slideRussia13107Saint-Martin France141022010 Kohistan avalanchePakistan15971992 Görmeç avalancheTurkey1696Wellington, Washington avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United StatesUnited States171101922 Hokuetsu Train avalancheJapan18841938 Unazuki avalancheJapan1981PragelatoItaly2079 1954 Blons avalanchesAustria2170Frassino avalancheItaly2265Palm Sunday Avalanche; deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail United States23621910 Rogers Pass avalanche; deadliest avalanche in CanadaCanada24591993 Bayburt Üzengili avalancheTurkey2555Møre og RomsdalNorway2650SiglunesiIceland2743La Giettaz France2743Lenin Peak disasterKyrgyzstan27432014 Nepal snowstorm disasterNepal30421995 Gokyo avalancheNepal31412020 Van avalanchesTurkey3240Puente del Inca avalancheArgentina33391970 Val-d'Isère avalanche France3438Huez-en-Oisans France3537Ortiporio France3632Vallouise France37311999 Galtür avalancheAustria3829Rigopiano avalancheItaly3928Granduc Mine AvalancheCanada39282023 Nyingchi avalancheChina39272022 Uttarakhand avalancheIndia4024SeyðisfjörðurIceland40242017 Gurez sector avalancheIndia4223Bâlea Lake; deadliest avalanche in RomaniaRomania43222015 Mount Everest avalanches; triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquakeNepal4421Sogn og FjordaneNorway4421LofotenNorway4620HnífsdalurIceland46201995 Flateyri avalancheIceland4818RybôSlovakia49161937 Nanga Parbat tragedyNepal19374916Low TatrasSlovakia4916VassdalenNorway49162014 Mount Everest avalancheNepal52151972 Manaslu Nepal avalancheNepal52152023 Kharough avalancheTajikistan53141995 Súðavík avalancheIceland54121974 Neskaupstaður avalanchesIceland5412High TatrasSlovakia54121999 Montroc avalancheFrance5412Kaprun avalancheAustria58112009 Zigana avalancheTurkey5811ManasluNepal58112022 Marmolada serac collapseItaly58112023 Astore avalanchePakistan62102009 Afghan avalanchesAfghanistan639SeyðisfjörðurIceland639SiglufjörðurIceland639Cerro ventana avalancheArgentina6392003 Tatra Mountains avalanchePoland639Mont Maudit avalanche France639RestelicaKosovo639Aru Range, Rutog County; two of the largest avalanches in historyChina 708Flathead Valley avalanchesCanada708Lewes avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom727Alpine Meadows United States727Sankt Anton am Arlberg Austria7272003 Connaught Creek Valley avalancheCanada727Western TatrasSlovakia766Oravska MaguraSlovakia7661970 Mount Everest disasterNepal7662009 Schalfkogel avalancheAustria766Valfréjus avalancheFrance805Loveland Pass avalanche United States8052016 Geier avalancheAustria8242021 avalanche United States8241992 United States19928331996 Mount Everest disasterNepal8332009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalancheUnited Kingdom8332012 Tunnel Creek avalanche United States8332019 Howse Peak avalancheCanada8332020 Silver Mountain avalanche United States8332025 Chugach Mountains avalancheUnited States2025