Between 1951 and 2021, a total number of 187 climbers died as a result of avalanches in the United States. The most deaths due to avalances occured to backcountry tourers, at 302 deaths over the same time period.
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Website (Colorado Avalanche Information Center). (October 10, 2022). Number of deaths due to avalanches in the United States from 1951 to 2021, by activity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/377046/fatalities-by-avalanches-in-the-us-by-activity/
Website (Colorado Avalanche Information Center). "Number of deaths due to avalanches in the United States from 1951 to 2021, by activity." Chart. October 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/377046/fatalities-by-avalanches-in-the-us-by-activity/
Website (Colorado Avalanche Information Center). (2022). Number of deaths due to avalanches in the United States from 1951 to 2021, by activity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/377046/fatalities-by-avalanches-in-the-us-by-activity/
Website (Colorado Avalanche Information Center). "Number of Deaths Due to Avalanches in The United States from 1951 to 2021, by Activity." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/377046/fatalities-by-avalanches-in-the-us-by-activity/
Website (Colorado Avalanche Information Center), Number of deaths due to avalanches in the United States from 1951 to 2021, by activity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/377046/fatalities-by-avalanches-in-the-us-by-activity/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Number of deaths due to avalanches in the United States from 1951 to 2021, by activity [Graph], Website (Colorado Avalanche Information Center), October 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/377046/fatalities-by-avalanches-in-the-us-by-activity/