Rocky Mountain National Park Accidents Data

Rocky Mountain National Park Accidents Data (Condensed)

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Date	Location	Type
March 7, 1980	Alice, Mt.	Hypothermia - Fatal
August 29, 1996	Alice, Mt.	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
June 14, 1990	Andrews Glacier	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
September 16, 1995	Andrews Glacier	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
July 27, 1985	Andrews Glacier	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
August 2, 2004	Andrews Glacier	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
August 16, 2003	Arrowhead Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
August 20, 1950	Baker Mountain	Fall - Not Fatal
July 25, 2003	Baker Mountain	Fall
July 8, 1953	Black Lake	Fall - Not Fatal
January 28, 2003	Black Lake	Fall - Ice Climbing Not Fatal
February 28, 2004	Black Lake	Avalanche - Not Fatal
June 23, 2004	Cascade Falls	Fall
July 28, 1950	Chaos Canyon	Fall - Not Fatal
August 9, 1950	Chaos Canyon	Fall - Not Fatal
August 16, 1991	Chaos Canyon	Fall - Rescued
July 31, 1960	Chief's Head	Fall
August 4, 1980	Continental Divide: The Cleaver	Fall
August 15, 1956	Craig, Mt.	Fall
June 9, 1905	Deer Mountain	Fall
August 15, 1976	Deer Mountain Buttress	Fall - Not Fatal
May 18, 1989	Eagle Cliff Mountain	Rockfall - Not Fatal
June 10, 1991	Eagle Cliff Mountain	Pinched Finger
November 1, 1992	Flattop Mountain	Avalanche
November 1, 1992	Flattop Mountain	Avalanche
October 18, 2003	Flattop Mountain	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
January 2, 1983	Grace Falls	Fall - Ice Climbing Not Fatal
January 2, 1983	Grace Falls	Fall - Ice Climbing Not Fatal
March 16, 1982	Hagues Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
July 10, 1952	Hallett Peak	Fall
August 13, 1954	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
May 30, 1956	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
July 10, 1956	Hallett Peak	Voluntary Glissade - Not Fatal
July 18, 1958	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
June 1, 1968	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
1976	Hallett Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
1976	Hallett Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
1980	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
June 9, 1982	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
August 29, 1982	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
February 5, 1984	Hallett Peak	Ski fall
May 13, 1990	Hallett Peak	Fall - Ice Climbing Not Fatal
June 28, 1992	Hallett Peak	Lightning
June 28, 1992	Hallett Peak	Lightning - Not Fatal
June 25, 1994	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal; Helicopter Crashed
July 22, 1994	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
June 15, 1995	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
July 29, 1995	Hallett Peak	Fall - Rescued
July 30, 1995	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
September 4, 1995	Hallett Peak	Rockfall - Not Fatal
July 28, 1999	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
July 1995	Hallett Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
December 20, 1999	Hidden Falls	Fall - Not Fatal
February 6, 1994	Horsetooth Peak	Fall
January 15, 1984	Ice fall	Falling Ice - Not Fatal
January 1, 1993	Jaws II	Fall - Ice Climbing Not Fatal
June 23, 2004	Lake Irene	Heart Attack
Summer 1996	Lily Mountain	Lightning
July 31, 1953	Little Matterhorn	Fall
July 31, 1953	Little Matterhorn	Fall while searching for Kathryn
August 16, 1992	Little Matterhorn	Fall
September 23, 1884	Longs Peak	Exhaustion
August 28, 1889	Longs Peak	Gun Shot
July 20, 1921	Longs Peak	Fall
September 26, 1921	Longs Peak	Fall
August 1, 1922	Longs Peak	Lightning
September 1, 1923	Longs Peak	Lightning - Not Fatal
January 12, 1925	Longs Peak	Exposure
January 12, 1925	Longs Peak	Exposure
July 22, 1926	Longs Peak	Fall
August 18, 1929	Longs Peak	Fall
September 8, 1931	Longs Peak	Fall
July 18, 1932	Longs Peak	Rockfall
August 29, 1932	Longs Peak	Fall
August 8, 1938	Longs Peak	Fall
August 7, 1939	Longs Peak	Exposure
August 27, 1939	Longs Peak	Rockfall - Not Fatal
June 19, 1941	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
September 1, 1946	Longs Peak	Fall
July 20, 1947	Longs Peak	Fall
July 17, 1948	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
July 13, 1952	Longs Peak	Rockfall - Not Fatal
July 13, 1952	Longs Peak	Rockfall - Not Fatal
June 5, 1954	Longs Peak	Fall
August 30, 1955	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
October 2, 1955	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
August 15, 1956	Longs Peak	Lightning
June 4, 1958	Longs Peak	Rockfall - Not Fatal
April 19, 1960	Longs Peak	Fall
April 19, 1960	Longs Peak	Fall
July 14, 1962	Longs Peak	Snow Break
August 27, 1962	Longs Peak	Fall
September 30, 1962	Longs Peak	Fall
August 4, 1963	Longs Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
August 27, 1966	Longs Peak	Fall
January 27, 1968	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
August 14, 1971	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
September 11, 1971	Longs Peak	Heart Attack
January 23, 1972	Longs Peak	Exposure
January 23, 1972	Longs Peak	Exposure
April 1, 1973	Longs Peak	Fall
May 2, 1976	Longs Peak	Avalanche - Not Fatal
June 1, 1977	Longs Peak	Fall
February 27, 1978	Longs Peak	Pulmonary Edema - Not Fatal
September 16, 1978	Longs Peak	Slide & Impact
September 1, 1979	Longs Peak	Heart Attack
October 6, 1979	Longs Peak	Fall
November 14, 1979	Longs Peak	Suicide
June 1, 1980	Longs Peak	Fall
June 2, 1980	Longs Peak	Fall - Rescued
January 10, 1981	Longs Peak	Fall
December 11, 1981	Longs Peak	Froze to death
January 5, 1983	Longs Peak	Hypothermia & Heart Attack
June 16, 1986	Longs Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
September 12, 1986	Longs Peak	Fall
1987	Longs Peak	Rockfall - Not Fatal
August 10, 1988	Longs Peak	Fall
June 21, 1989	Longs Peak	Fall
July 31, 1989	Longs Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
July 31, 1989	Longs Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
August 16, 1989	Longs Peak	Stranded
August 25, 1989	Longs Peak	Natural Causes
September 24, 1989	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
April 15, 1990	Longs Peak	Fall - Rescued
July 29, 1990	Longs Peak	Fall
August 26, 1990	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
April 20, 1991	Longs Peak	Fall
July 14, 1991	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
August 2, 1991	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
August 24, 1991	Longs Peak	Lightning - Not Fatal
October 12, 1991	Longs Peak	Fall
August 9, 1992	Longs Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
August 30, 1992	Longs Peak	Lightning
September 6, 1992	Longs Peak	Rockfall
September 19, 1992	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
February 3, 1993	Longs Peak	Slide & Impact
September 12, 1993	Longs Peak	Hypothermia
September 12, 1993	Longs Peak	Hypothermia - Not Fatal
August 25, 1995	Longs Peak	Fall
July 14, 1996	Longs Peak	Ice axe, not fatal
August 19, 1997	Longs Peak	Rockfall - Not Fatal
September 10, 1997	Longs Peak	Fall
October 11, 1997	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
October 11, 1997	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
October 11, 1997	Longs Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
August 1, 1998	Longs Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
September 19, 1998	Longs Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
September 19, 1998	Longs Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
August 4, 1999	Longs Peak	Fall
August 15, 1999	Longs Peak	Fall
February 7, 2000	Longs Peak	Fall From Wind
March 7, 2000	Longs Peak	Fall
June 25, 2000	Longs Peak	Falling Ice - Not Fatal
July 6, 2000	Longs Peak	Fall
July 12, 2000	Longs Peak	Lightning
August 5, 2000	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
January 4, 2001	Longs Peak	Fall
August 3, 2001	Longs Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
August 8, 2001	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
July 28, 2002	Longs Peak	Fall - Rescued
August 21, 2003	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
September 5, 2004	Longs Peak	Hypothermia
January 20, 2005	Longs Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
August 16, 2003	Arrowhead Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
August 11, 1963	Lumpy Ridge	Piton Came out -not Fatal
June 30, 1978	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
July 15, 1979	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
April 15, 1985	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
August 29, 1985	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
August 26, 1986	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
June 1, 1988	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
May 7, 1989	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
August 23, 1990	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Rescued
September 6, 1990	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
April 28, 1991	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Rescued
May 23, 1994	Lumpy Ridge	Fall
August 12, 1994	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
September 15, 1994	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Rescued
September 3, 1995	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
December 2, 1995	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
May 6, 1996	Lumpy Ridge	Protection Pulled Out - Not Fatal
July 11, 1996	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
March 2, 1997	Lumpy Ridge	Protection Pulled Out - Not Fatal
August 9, 1998	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
February 6, 1999	Lumpy Ridge	Protection Pulled Out - Not Fatal
June 25, 1999	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
June 28, 1999	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
August 7, 1999	Lumpy Ridge	Lightning
August 7, 1999	Lumpy Ridge	Rockfall
July 1, 2000	Lumpy Ridge	Fall - Not Fatal
June 20, 2002	Lumpy Ridge	Fall
December 8, 2001	Main Falls	Fall Ice Climbing - Not Fatal
June 10, 1983	McGregor Slab	Fall - Not Fatal
June 12, 1984	McGregor Slab	Slide & Impact
August 1, 1987	McGregor Slab	Fall
July 9, 1950	McHenrys Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
August 21, 1978	McHenrys Peak	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
August 5, 1980	Meeker, Mt.	Fall
August 3, 1985	Meeker, Mt.	Fall - Not Fatal
1987	Meeker, Mt.	Rockfall - Not Fatal
July 29, 1992	Meeker, Mt.	Fall
June 14, 1996	Meeker, Mt.	Fall
August 14, 1997	Meeker, Mt.	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
August 24, 2003	Meeker, Mt.	Rockfall - Not Fatal
September 6, 2004	Meeker, Mt.	Rockfall - Not Fatal
February 5, 1983	Notchtop Mountain	Rockfall & Hypothermia
February 5, 1983	Notchtop Mountain	Rockfall
August 5, 1983	Notchtop Mountain	Fall - Not Fatal
July 1, 1984	Notchtop Mountain	Fall
June 6, 1990	Notchtop Mountain	Fall - Not Fatal
April 27, 1985	Old Man Mountain	Fall - Not Fatal
July 25, 1964	Otis Peak	Fall - Not Fatal
June 18, 1972	Pagoda Mountain	Piton Came out
July 6, 1991	Petit Grepon Spire	Fall - Not Fatal
July 3, 1997	Petit Grepon Spire	Fall - Not Fatal
July 23, 1996	Spearhead	Fall - Not Fatal
August 5, 2001	Spearhead	Stroke Death
September 25, 1984	Taylor Glacier	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
August 4, 1990	Taylor Glacier	Fall
November 13, 1982	Thatchtop Mountain	Fall - Not Fatal
December 16, 1982	Thatchtop Mountain	Twisted Knee; Off-Route
November 6, 1997	Thatchtop Mountain	Fall - Not Fatal
November 15, 1998	Thatchtop Mountain	Fall
February 19, 1983	Thunder Pass	Hypothermia
August 21, 1958	Tyndall Glacier	Slide & Impact
November 9, 1991	Tyndall Glacier	Avalanche - Not Fatal
June 30, 2002	Tyndall Glacier	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
August 7, 1952	Ypsilon Mountain	Fall - Not Fatal
July 4, 1976	Ypsilon Mountain	Fall
July 21, 1978	Ypsilon Mountain	Fall
July 3, 1997	Ypsilon Mountain	Avalanche - Not Fatal
August 26, 2000	Ypsilon Mountain	Slide & Impact - Not Fatal
July 29, 2005	Ypsilon Mountain	Fall

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