April 22, 1966
Joe Fullop, Richard Allen Cole, and Ronald Fjeseth were on the standard route and reached the summit at 6:30 p.m. when frostbite began to take effect. Being too cold to put on crampons, they descended in the dark and Cole fell, causing the rest of the roped party to fall as well. Fullop was the only one conscious, and hiked down to Maroon Lake to summon help. The deceased bodies of Cole and Fjeseth were later recovered.Source: Accidents in North American Mountaineering, 1967
August 15, 1970
Rodney Aller, Rodney Aller Jr., Edward Hilliard, and Ann Noyes Fowler became off route on an ascent near the South Face near the top of a couloir, when Aller Sr. loosed a rock which hit another much larger rock, sending both Hilliard and Fowler falling down the Face. Fowler's body was found 600 feet below the belay point, with no pulse and blood filling her mouth and nose. Hilliard was found another 900 feet, face down and with no signs of life.Source: Accidents in North American Mountaineering, 1971
October 9, 1971
Marcie Roseman sat down on snow to rest while descending, against the advice of her partner. She started sliding slowly and eventually out of control, impacting rocks at the base. She was later found to be dead and evacutated the next day.Source: Accidents in North American Mountaineering, 1972
August 22, 1975
Beatrice Venice Sawyer completed South Maroon Peak with her fiancee James McKinney, when they started a descent down a chimney attempting to intersect a trail on the west side of the ridge near North Maroon. Sawyer lost her balance and fell 1,000 feet towards Crater Lake. She was dead when McKinney was able to find her body.Source: Accidents in North American Mountaineering, 1976
August 12, 1995
Robert Spurr was descending in wet conditions, when he lost his footing on loose rock and fell 500 feet to his death.Source: Rocky Mountain News
September 2, 1995
Mark Calvin was killed in a fall.Source: www.sarinfo.bc.ca
August 18, 2001
Sharon Jones slipped while descending her final fourteener on her list and twisted her ankle. She fell and came to rest at the edge of an overhang at the 11,500 foot level. Her party descended and summoned help, which arrived for her rescue the following day.Source: Channel 7 News
May 30, 2005
Kip White and his son Jordan where roped together retreating from the saddle due to inclement weather at the top of the Bell Cord Couloir when either the anchor failed or they ran out of rope and both fell 400 feet. Kip did not survive the fall, though Jordan managed to hike out with a broken leg to call authorities after being unconscious for some time and staying below treeline overnight.Source: Aspen Times and Jordan White
North Maroon as seen from Maroon Peak