November 2, 1977
Edmund Hoffman III was swept away in an avalanche 1,500 feet down after turning back at the 13,700 foot level, dying from head injuries. His body was recovered two days later.Source: The Snowy Torrents Avalanche Accidents in the United States 1972-79 (Emailed from Jim Haley)
September 15, 1991
Erling C. Hansen, 69, was climbing his last fourteener when he separated from his party and fell an unknown distance to his death.Source: Rocky Mountain News
August 9, 1993
Susan Helm was with her 15 year old son when a rockslide severed her thigh. Her son went three miles for help, but she perished before rescuers arrived.Source: Rocky Mountain News
July 4, 1994
Robert McLane's body was discovered on the North Face after he had fallen an estimated 1000 feet to his death.Source: Rocky Mountain News
September 4, 1995
Sondra Hughes fell due to a loose handhold on the side opposite to Scott Ryan on the same day. Sondra and her husband were descending after a late-day failed attempt. From accident accounts, it seems most likely that a large boulder caused her death which dislodged during her fall.Source: www.winona.edu
September 4, 1995
An unknown climber suffered a head injury, found by rescuers as a helicopter was on mission with the other accidents.Source: www.sarinfo.bc.ca
June 16, 2006
Ron Deffenbaugh was descending a snowfield facing outward when his crampon caught and he slid 30 feet into rocks. He fractured his ankle and was rescued early the following morning.Source: Rocky Mountain News
El Diente from Kilpacker Basin