# List of mountaineering disasters in North America by death toll

The following is a list of mountaineering disasters in North America by death toll. This list includes climbing and mountaineering disasters that resulted in multiple deaths (2+) in North America.
| Fatalities | Year | Type | Mountain | Location | Details |
| 11 | 1981 | Avalanche | Mount Rainier | Washington, United States | Ten climbers and a guide died during an avalanche on Ingraham Glacier |
| 9 | 1986 | Storm | Mount Hood | Oregon, United States | Seven students and two teachers died from hypothermia during a storm while attempting to reach the summit of Mount Hood |
| 7 | 1955 | Avalanche | Mount Temple | Alberta, Canada | Seven youths from the Philadelphia Wilderness Camp died in an avalanche while on the Southwest Ridge of Mount Temple. |
| 7 | 1959 | Avalanche | Pico de Orizaba | Veracruz, Mexico | In 1959 an expedition of seven disappeared while climbing Pico de Orizaba. In 2015, their mummified bodies were discovered on the mountain. |
| 7 | 1967 | Storm | Denali | Alaska, United States | Seven climbers died in a severe blizzard |
| 6 | 2014 | Fall | Mount Rainier | Washington, United States | Two guides and four clients died in a fall while attempting to summit Mount Rainier from the Liberty Ridge route. |
| 6 | 1939 | Cornice collapse | Mount Baker | Washington, United States | Six climbers fell to their death when the cornice they were on collapsed |
| 5 | 1968 | Lynching | Malinche | Puebla, Mexico | 5 mountain climbers were killed by villagers who believed them to be communists |
| 5 | 1981 | Fall | Mount Hood | Oregon, United States | Five members of the Mazamas climbing group died during a fall from Cooper Spur while descending. |
| 5 | 1969 | Avalanche | Mount Cleveland | Montana, United States | Five climbers were killed by an avalanche on Mount Cleveland on New Years Day. |
| 4 | 1954 | Fall | Mount Victoria | Alberta, Canada | Three climbers and their guide, connected to each other by rope, fell to their deaths while climbing the Victoria Glacier. Three other climbers in the group who were not connected to them were later rescued. |
| 4 | 2012 | Avalanche | Denali | Alaska, United States | Four climbers died in an avalanche. |
| 4 | 2023 | Fall | Pico de Orizaba | Veracruz, Mexico | Four climbers were killed in a fall while climbing the southern slope of Pico de Orizaba. |
| 3 | 2002 | Fall | Mount Hood | Oregon, United States | Nine climbers fell into a crevasse on Mount Hood, killing three. |
| 3 | 2024 | Storm | Pico de Orizaba | Veracruz, Mexico | Three people died, including a guide, during harsh weather on Pico de Orizaba. Nine others from the group of twelve were either rescued or descended the mountain. |
| 3 | 2019 | Avalanche or cornice collapse | Howse Peak | Alberta, Canada | Three climbers were killed while descending Howse Peak. |
| 3 | 2006 | Storm | Mount Hood | Oregon, United States | Three experienced climbers died in a winter storm on Mount Hood. |
| 3 | 1948 | Fall | Norman Clyde Peak | California, United States | Three members of the Sierra Club died in a fall during a descent on Norman Clyde Peak. |
| 3 | 2002 | Avalanche | Mount Foraker | Alaska, United States | 3 climbers died in an avalanche. |
| 3 | 2005 | Rock fall | Sharkfin Tower | Washington, United States | A group of climbers were struck by a boulder, killing three in North Cascades National Park. |
| 3 | 2023 | Avalanche | Colchuck Peak | Washington, United States | Four climbers were carried away by an avalanche while climbing the Northeast Couloir route on Colchuck Peak. Three of the climbers died as a result of the avalanche. |
| 3 | 2021 | Avalanche | Bear Mountain | Alaska, United States | Three climbers were discovered dead from an avalanche after being reported missing while attempting to summit Bear Mountain in Chugach National Forest. |
| 3 | 1965 | Fall | Maroon Bells | Colorado, United States | Three members of the Los Alamos Mountaineering Club died in a fall in a couloir. |
| 3 | 1969 | Fall | Mount Washington | New Hampshire, United States | Three men died in a fall while climbing in Huntington Ravine. |
| 3 | 2024 | Unknown | Mount Garibaldi | British Columbia, Canada | Three climbers were found dead after having gone missing while climbing the mountain months prior. Search efforts were hampered by bad weather conditions. |
| 2 | 1979 | Fall | Mount Edith Cavell | Alberta, Canada | Two men were killed in a fall on the north face of Mount Edith Cavell in Jasper National Park. |
| 2 | 1997 | Fall | Ptarmigan Peak | Alaska, United States | Two climbers were killed and twelve were injured during a 1,000 feet (300 m) fall into a boulder field during a descent from Ptarmigan Peak. |
| 2 | 1979 | Fall | Denali | Alaska, United States | Two members of the 1979 Korean McKinley Expedition died in a fall during bad weather. |
| 2 | 1960 | Accident | Blanca Peak | Colorado, United States | |
| 2 | 1986 | Fall | Mount Robson | British Columbia, Canada | Two men were killed in a fall while climbing Mount Robson, the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies. |
| 2 | 2018 | Storm | Mendenhall Towers | Alaska, United States | Two climbers are presumed to have died during a winter storm while climbing the Mendenhall Towers near Juneau, Alaska. |
| 2 | 2012 | Fall | Heart Mountain | Alberta, Canada | Two rock climbers fell 100 metres (330 ft) to their death. |
| 2 | 2019 | Rock fall | Red Slate Mountain | California, United States | Two climbers were killed by rockfall while attempting to summit Red Slate Mountain. |
| 2 | 2024 | Fall | Mount Whitney | California, United States | Two climbers were killed in a fall on Mount Whitney. |
| 2 | 2021 | Avalanche | Mount Andromeda | Alberta, Canada | Two experienced climbers were killed in an "unsurvivable" avalanche while climbing Mount Andromeda in Jasper National Park. |
| 2 | 2003 | Fall | Tahquitz Peak | California, United States | Two experienced climbers fell to their death in a fall caused by faulty gear and poor weather. |
| 2 | 2002 | Avalanche | Mount Washington | New Hampshire, United States | Seven people where swept away by an avalanche into Tuckerman Ravine while climbing Mount Washington. Two of the climbers died. |
| 2 | 1996 | Avalanche | Mount Washington | New Hampshire, United States | Two men were killed in the Gulf of Slides by an avalanche. |
| 2 | 1994 | Exposure | Mount Washington | New Hampshire, United States | Two men died from hypothermia while climbing Mount Washington. |
| 2 | 1979 | Fall | Mount Washington | New Hampshire, United States | Two men died in a fall in Huntington Ravine |
| 2 | 1965 | Fall | Mount Washington | New Hampshire, United States | Two men died in a fall in Huntington Ravine |
| 2 | 1964 | Avalanche | Mount Washington | New Hampshire, United States | Two men were killed in an avalanche on Mount Washington |
| 2 | 1958 | Exposure | Mount Washington | New Hampshire, United States | A man and a woman died from hypothermia in the Crawford Path area of Mount Washington. |
| 2 | 1971 | Fall | Mount Hood | Oregon, United States | A man and son died in a fall |
| 2 | 1981 | Fall | Mount Hood | Oregon, United States | Two men died on Cooper Spur |
| 2 | 1994 | Fall | Mount Hood | Oregon, United States | A four-person group of climbers fell while climbing Mount Hood, two of them died. |
| 2 | 2018 | Fall | El Capitan | California, United States | Two climbers fell 1,000 feet (300 m) to their death while climbing El Capitan. |
| 2 | 2011 | Avalanche | Denali | Alaska, United States | And Israeli and a Canadian died in an avalanche while climbing in a gully. |
| 2 | 2023 | Avalanche | The Moose's Tooth | Alaska, United States | Two climbers are believed to have died in an avalanche while attempting to summit the Moose's Tooth in Denali National Park. |