Editing Avalanche (section)

== Notable avalanches ==
{{See also|List of avalanches}}
Two avalanches occurred in March 1910 in the Cascade and Selkirk Mountain ranges; on 1 March the [[Wellington avalanche]] killed 96 in [[Washington (state)|Washington state]], United States. Three days later 62 railroad workers were killed in the [[Rogers Pass avalanche]] in [[British Columbia]], Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corp |first=Pelmorex |date=2021-03-04 |title=Canada's worst avalanche is the 1910 Rogers Pass disaster, a preventable tragedy |url=https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/severe/this-day-in-weather-history-march-4-1910-rogers-pass-avalanche |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=The Weather Network |language=en-ca}}</ref>

During [[World War I]], an estimated 40,000 to 80,000 soldiers died as a result of avalanches during the mountain campaign in the [[Alps]] at the [[Italian Campaign (World War I)|Austrian-Italian]] front, many of which were caused by [[artillery]] fire.<ref>Lee Davis (2008). "''[https://books.google.com/books?id=CRzMOYIuLJEC Natural Disasters]''". Infobase Publishing. p. 7. {{ISBN|0-8160-7000-8}}</ref><ref>Eduard Rabofsky et al., Lawinenhandbuch, Innsbruck, Verlaganstalt Tyrolia, 1986, p. 11</ref> Some 10,000 men, from both sides, died in avalanches in December 1916.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soldiers-perish-in-avalanche-as-world-war-i-rages|title=Soldiers perish in avalanche as World War I rages|website=History.com}}</ref>

In the [[northern hemisphere]] winter of 1950–1951 approximately 649 avalanches were recorded in a three-month period throughout the [[Alps]] in Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany. This series of avalanches killed around 265 people and was termed the [[Winter of Terror (1951)|Winter of Terror]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-18 |title=Deadliest Avalanches In History |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/natural-disasters/deadliest-avalanches-in-history.html |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=WorldAtlas |language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[1968 Biały Jar avalanche|avalanche in Biały Jar]] occurred on 20 March 1968, sweeping away 24 people who were walking along the bottom of [[Biały Jar]] ravine in the [[Giant Mountains]]. Five of them, who were thrown aside by the avalanche, managed to survive. The remaining 19 people – including 13 Russians, 4 citizens of [[East Germany]], and two Polish citizens – lost their lives. A total of 1,100 people took part in the rescue operation.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Więckowski |first=Marek |title=O najtragiczniejszej lawinie w polskich górach... |trans-title=About the Most Tragic Avalanche in the Polish Mountains... |url=http://tatromaniak.fr.pl/trag.php |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20121220112840/http://tatromaniak.fr.pl/trag.php |archive-date=2012-12-20 |website=tatromaniak.fr.pl |language=pl}}</ref>

A mountain climbing camp on Lenin Peak, in what is now Kyrgyzstan, was wiped out in 1990 when an earthquake triggered a large avalanche that overran the camp.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/18/world/avalanche-kills-40-climbers-in-soviet-central-asia.html | work=The New York Times | first=Francis X. | last=Clines | title=Avalanche Kills 40 Climbers in Soviet Central Asia | date=18 July 1990}}</ref> Forty-three climbers were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centralasia-travel.com/en/expeditions/lenin/history/ |title=Lenin Peak. Historical background of Lenin Peak. The first expedition to Lenin Peak |publisher=Centralasia-travel.com |access-date=21 June 2013}}</ref>

In 1993, the [[1993 Bayburt Üzengili avalanche|Bayburt Üzengili avalanche]] killed 60 individuals in [[Üzengili, Bayburt|Üzengili]] in the province of [[Bayburt Province|Bayburt]], [[Turkey]].<ref name=":0" />

A large avalanche in [[Montroc, France]], in 1999, 300,000&nbsp;cubic metres of snow slid on a 30° slope, achieving a speed in the region of {{convert|100|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. It killed 12 people in their chalets under 100,000&nbsp;tons of snow, {{convert|5|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} deep. The mayor of [[Chamonix]] was convicted of second-degree murder for not evacuating the area, but received a suspended sentence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pistehors.com/backcountry/wiki/Articles/Montroc-Avalanche|title=Montroc Avalanche|website=pistehors.com}}</ref>

The small Austrian village of [[Galtür]] was hit by the [[1999 Galtür avalanche|Galtür avalanche]] in 1999. The village was thought to be in a safe zone but the avalanche was exceptionally large and flowed into the village. Thirty-one people died.{{fact|date=January 2024}}

On 1 December 2000, the [[Glory Bowl Avalanche]] formed on Mt. Glory which is located within the [[Teton Range|Teton Mountain Range]] in Wyoming, United States. Joel Roof was snowboarding recreationally in this backcountry, bowl-shaped run and triggered the avalanche. He was carried nearly 2,000 feet to the base of the mountain and was not successfully rescued.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meted.ucar.edu/afwa/avalanche/navmenu.php|title=Avalanche Weather Forecasting|author=COMET Program|year=2010|website=meted.ucar.edu/afwa/avalanche/index.htm|publisher=University Corporation for Atmospheric Research}}</ref>

On 28 January 2003, the [[2003 Tatra Mountains avalanche|Tatra Mountains avalanche]] swept away nine out of a thirteen-member group heading to the summit of [[Rysy]] in the [[Tatra Mountains]]. The participants of the trip were students from the [[I Leon Kruczkowski High School]] in [[Tychy]] and individuals associated with the school's sports club.

On 3 July 2022 a [[2022 Marmolada serac collapse|serac collapsed]] on the [[Marmolada Glacier]], [[Italy]], causing an avalanche that killed 11 alpinists and injured eight.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-09 |title=NEWS: Marmolada Serac Collapse – 'A tragedy for the whole valley and alpine community' |url=https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2022/07/marmolada_serac_collapse_-_a_tragedy_for_the_whole_valley_and_alpine_community-73093 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.ukclimbing.com |language=en}}</ref>