# List of skiing deaths

This is a list of skiing deaths of notable people, in chronological order, and includes skiers and snowboarders both professional and recreational whose deaths are due to accidents or avalanches.
All cases in the list below are from alpine or downhill skiing activities; no skiers have been known to have died during any cross-country event, or in any major international ski jumping competitions (e.g. FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Olympic Games), though many ski jumpers have died during practice or in national events (nb:Skader og dødsulykker i skihopping).

## List

Background shading indicates the individual was not practicing or participating in sport skiing.
| Name | Age | Location | Country | Date of accident |
| Mieczysław Karłowicz | 32 | Tatra Mountains | Poland–Slovakia border | 1909-02-08 |
| Giacinto Sertorelli | 22 | Garmisch, Bavaria | Germany | 1938-01-26 |
| James Palmer-Tomkinson | 36 | Klosters, Graubünden | Switzerland | 1952-01-07 |
| Paul Ausserleitner | 26 | Bischofshofen | Austria | 1952-01-09 |
| John Semmelink | 20 | Garmisch, Bavaria | West Germany | 1959-02-07 |
| Ross Milne | 19 | Patscherkofel, Innsbruck, Tyrol | Austria | 1964-01-25 |
| Buddy Werner | 28 | Las Trais Fluors slope, St. Moritz | Switzerland | 1964-04-12 |
| Barbara Henneberger | 23 | Las Trais Fluors slope, St. Moritz | Switzerland | 1964-04-12 |
| Michel Bozon | 20 | Piste Emile Allais, Megève, Haute-Savoie | France | 1970-01-23 |
| Leonardo David | 18 | Whiteface Mountain, New York | United States | 1979-03-03 |
| Sara Mustonen | 16 | Hintertux, Tyrol | Austria | 1979-09-12 |
| Josef Walcher | 29 | Schladming, Styria | Austria | 1984-01-22 |
| Hugh Lindsay | 34 | Gotschnagrat, Klosters, Graubünden | Switzerland | 1988-03-10 |
| Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz | 52 | Beaver Creek, Colorado | United States | 1989-01-30 |
| Gernot Reinstadler | 20 | Lauberhorn, Wengen, Bern | Switzerland | 1991-01-20 |
| Nicolas Bochatay | 27 | Les Arcs, Savoie | France | 1992-02-22 |
| Ulrike Maier | 26 | Garmisch, Bavaria | Germany | 1994-01-29 |
| Michael Kennedy | 39 | Aspen, Colorado | United States | 1997-12-31 |
| Sonny Bono | 62 | Heavenly, Nevada | United States | 1998-01-05 |
| Doak Walker | 71 | Steamboat, Colorado | United States | 1998-01-30 |
| Michel Trudeau | 23 | Kokanee Glacier Park, British Columbia | Canada | 1998-11-13 |
| Régine Cavagnoud | 31 | Pitztal Glacier, Innsbruck, Tyrol | Austria | 2001-10-31 |
| Marco Siffredi | 22 | Mount Everest, Koshi Province | Nepal | 2002-09-08 |
| Line Østvold | 25 | Valle Nevado, Santiago | Chile | 2004-09-19 |
| Craig Kelly | 36 | Revelstoke, British Columbia | Canada | 2003-01-20 |
| Jonatan Johansson | 26 | Whiteface Mountain, New York | United States | 2006-03-12 |
| Doug Coombs | 48 | Couloir de Polichinelle, La Grave | France | 2006-04-03 |
| Edward LaChapelle | 80 | Monarch Ski Area, Colorado | United States | 2007-02-01 |
| John McWethy | 60 | Keystone, Colorado | United States | 2008-02-06 |
| John Nicoletta | 27 | Alyeska Resort, Alaska | United States | 2008-04-11 |
| Natasha Richardson | 45 | Mont Tremblant, Quebec | Canada | 2009-03-16 |
| Shane McConkey | 39 | Dolomites | Italy | 2009-03-26 |
| C. R. Johnson | 26 | Squaw Valley, California | United States | 2010-02-24 |
| Jamie Pierre | 38 | Snowbird, Utah | United States | 2011-11-24 |
| Sarah Burke | 29 | Park City, Utah | United States | 2012-01-10 |
| Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau | 44 | Lech, Vorarlberg | Austria | 2012-02-17 |
| Nik Zoricic | 29 | Grindelwald, Bern | Switzerland | 2012-03-10 |
| Claude Nobs | 76 | Caux-sur-Montreux, Vaud | Switzerland | 2012-12-24 |
| David Coe | 58 | Aspen, Colorado | United States | 2013-01-21 |
| Philippe Favre | 51 | Val Thorens, Savoie, French Alps | France | 2013-12-06 |
| Andreas Fransson | 31 | Monte San Lorenzo, Patagonia | Argentina–Chile border | 2014-09-29 |
| JP Auclair | 37 | Monte San Lorenzo, Patagonia | Argentina–Chile border | 2014-09-29 |
| Sam Beall | 39 | Beaver Creek, Colorado | United States | 2016-02-25 |
| Matilda Hargin née Rapaport | 30 | Farellones, Santiago | Chile | 2016-07-14 |
| David Poisson | 35 | Nakiska, Alberta | Canada | 2017-11-13 |
| Amanda Asay | 33 | Whitewater Ski Resort, British Columbia | Canada | 2022-01-07 |
| Gaspard Ulliel | 37 | La Rosière Ski Resort, Savoie | France | 2022-01-18 |
| Sophie Hediger | 26 | Arosa Lenzerheide, Grisons | Switzerland | 2024-12-23 |
| Lynn Ban | 52 | Aspen, Colorado | United States | 2024-12-24 |
| Tomáš Klouček | 45 | Špindlerův Mlýn | Czech Republic | 2025-03-16 |