2014-2015 In bound ski/board fatalities
Posted: May 13, 2015 Filed under: Ski Area, Skiing / Snow Boarding, Snow Tubing | Tags: fatality, ski area, skiing, snowboarding, Tubing Leave a commentIt is depressing to start working on this every year. I hope it at some point in time can provide answers rather than news.
Fatalities are high even though the number of skiers is down?
This list is not guaranteed to be accurate. The information is found from web searches and news dispatches. Those references are part of the chart. If you have a source for information on any fatality please leave a comment or contact me. Thank you.
If this information is incorrect or incomplete please let me know. This is up to date as of April 4, 2015. Thanks.
Skiing and Snowboarding are still safer than being in your kitchen or bathroom. This information is not to scare you away from skiing but to help you understand the risks.
Red type is natural or medical conditions that occurred in-bounds on the slopes
Green Type is Fatalities while sledding at the Resort
Blue Type is a Lift Accidents
2014 – 2015 Ski Season Fatalities
|
# |
Date |
State |
Resort |
Where |
Trail Difficulty |
How |
Cause |
Ski/ Board |
Age |
Sex |
Home town |
Helmet |
Reference |
Ref # 2 |
|
1 |
11/15 |
CO |
Breckenridge |
|
|
|
Natural |
|
48 |
M |
Boulder, CO |
|
|
|
|
2 |
12/8 |
CO |
Eldora |
Jolly Jug |
|
Hit tree |
|
Ski |
22 |
M |
Coral Springs, FL (CU student) |
Yes |
||
|
3 |
12/12 |
CO |
Keystone |
Spring Dipper |
Intermediate |
Hit Tree |
Blunt force trauma |
Boarder |
26 |
M |
Silverthorne |
Yes |
||
|
4 |
|
MI |
Pine Knob |
|
|
Hit tree |
|
Ski |
51 |
F |
Shelby Township |
|
||
|
5 |
12/28 |
WY |
Jackson Hole |
Brush Alley |
|
Found inverted in the snow |
Asphyxiation |
Skier |
54 |
M |
Pepper Pike, OH |
|
||
|
6 |
12/30 |
NY |
Hunter Mtn |
D Lift |
|
Ski caught lift tower |
Fall |
Skier |
44 |
F |
Brooklyn, NY |
|
||
|
7 |
1/31 |
OR |
Mt. Hood Skibowl |
Middle Reynolds Trail |
Expert |
Caught an edge, fell, landing on his head and chest |
blunt-force head trauma |
Skier |
37 |
M |
Medford, OR |
|
||
|
8 |
|
CO |
Keystone Resort |
Elk Run |
Intermediate |
|
|
|
18 |
M |
|
Yes |
||
|
9 |
1/7 |
UT |
Snowbird Ski Resort |
base of the Little Cloud chairlift |
|
struck a tree |
|
Skier |
63 |
M |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Yes |
||
|
10 |
1/13 |
NH |
Nashoba Valley Ski Area |
|
|
Hit a tree |
|
|
13 |
M |
Westford, NH |
|
|
|
|
11 |
1/17 |
MA |
Nashoba Valley Ski Area |
Lobo trail |
Expert |
Hit a tree |
|
Skier |
13 |
M |
Westford |
Yes |
||
|
12 |
1/18 |
CA |
Northstar California ski resort |
Rail Splitter |
Advanced |
|
|
Skier |
67 |
M |
Van Nuys |
|
|
|
|
13 |
1/18 |
AZ |
Arizona Snowbowl |
|
|
Medical episode & fell to snow |
|
Skier |
46 |
M |
Newbury, CA |
|
||
|
14 |
1/19 |
CO |
Copper Mtn |
|
|
Medical |
|
Board |
55 |
F |
Reeds Spring, MO |
Yes |
||
|
15 |
1/22 |
VT |
Stowe Mountain Resort |
|
|
|
|
|
64 |
M |
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
1/23 |
WA |
Mission Ridge Ski |
|
|
lost control on a ski run |
|
Skier |
17 |
M |
|
|
|
|
|
17 |
1/23 |
CO |
Crested Butte |
Lower Treasury |
Intermediate |
Hit a tree |
multiple traumatic chest injuries |
Skier |
13 |
M |
Olathe, CO |
Yes |
||
|
18 |
|
VT |
Stowe Mountain Resort |
|
|
|
medical-related |
Skier |
64 |
M |
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
2/6 |
VT |
Burke Mountain Resort |
|
|
Hit a tree |
|
Skier |
27 |
F |
St. Johnsbury, VT |
Yes |
||
|
20 |
2/7 |
UT |
Park City Mtn Resort |
|
|
hit a padded pole |
aorta ruptured |
Skier |
25 |
M |
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
2/11 |
CO |
Keystone Resort |
Anticipation |
Intermediate |
Hit a tree |
blunt force trauma |
Skier |
43 |
M |
Conifer, CO |
Yes |
||
|
22 |
2/14 |
NM |
Ski Santa Fe |
|
|
struck a tree |
|
Skier |
33 |
F |
El Paso, Texas |
|
|
|
|
23 |
2/7 |
CO |
|
|
|
|
|
Skier |
60 |
M |
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
2/23 |
CO |
Breckenridge Ski Resort |
|
|
|
multiple skull fractures |
Skier |
22 |
M |
|
No |
||
|
25 |
2/26 |
CO |
Breckenridge Ski Resort |
Northstar |
Intermediate |
Hit tree |
|
Skier |
46 |
M |
Rolling Meadows, IL |
Yes |
||
|
26 |
2/25 |
WI |
Granite Peak |
|
|
Went off a jump came down on his neck and head area |
Severe brain injury |
Boarder |
29 |
M |
Oshkosh, WI |
Yes |
||
|
27 |
3/9 |
NH |
Wildcat Mtn |
Lower Polecat trail |
|
lost control, tumbled down the trail and fell over a 60-foot drop |
|
Skier |
34 |
M |
North Conway, NH |
Yes |
||
|
28 |
3/8 |
WA |
Lookout Pass |
Rainbow Ridge |
|
hit a tree |
|
|
61 |
F |
Silverton, ID |
Yes |
||
|
29 |
3/9 |
CO |
Winter Park |
|
|
|
|
|
34 |
M |
North Conway, NH |
|
|
|
|
30 |
3/9 |
NH |
Wildcat Mountain |
|
|
veered into a tree-covered area |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31 |
2/14 |
WI |
|
|
|
|
traumatic brain injury |
Boarder |
25 |
F |
Chicago, IL |
|
||
|
32 |
3/17 |
NH |
Bretton Woods Ski Resort |
|
|
|
|
Boarder |
23 |
M |
Pelham |
|
||
|
33 |
3/22 |
VT |
Killington Resort |
High Road Trail |
Intermediate |
Hit a Tree |
|
Skier |
23 |
M |
Nashua, NH |
Yes |
||
|
34 |
3/25 |
ME |
Sunday River ski resort |
Black Hole |
Expert |
Went off trail |
|
Skier |
35 |
M |
Bethel, ME |
Yes |
||
|
35 |
3/25 |
WV |
Snowshoe Mountain |
|
|
|
|
Skier |
|
M |
|
|
|
|
|
37 |
3/29 |
MI |
Crystal Mountain |
North Face |
|
lose control, striking a tree |
|
Skier |
40 |
M |
Ludington, MI |
Yes |
||
|
38 |
3/28 |
WY |
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort |
|
|
collapsed during the alpine leg of Saturday’s Pole Pedal Paddle race |
cerebral aneurism |
Skier |
58 |
F |
|
|
||
|
39 |
4/12 |
UT |
Deer Valley Resort |
Birdseye run |
Intermediate |
Hit lift tower |
|
Skier |
42 |
M |
Pinebrook, UT |
|
|
|
|
40 |
4/9 |
CO |
Steamboat Ski Area |
Rainbow trail |
|
|
complicated fractures to his C1 and C2 cervical vertebrae |
Skier |
63 |
M |
Steamboat Springs, CO |
|
||
|
41 |
4/19 |
WA |
White Pass Ski Area |
Cool Air |
|
started falling backward. She tried to right herself. The woman crashed into a tree, |
blunt force injuries |
Skier |
60 |
F |
Olympia. WA |
|
||
|
42 |
4/30 |
OR |
Mount Bachelor |
Leeway run |
|
lost control and hit a tree. |
|
Skier |
29 |
M |
Bend, OR |
Yes |
Our condolences go to the families of the deceased. Our thoughts extend to the families and staff at the areas who have to deal with these tragedies.
5 Medical causes, 1 lift accident and 17-18 fatalities 16 hitting trees or 2 hitting lift towers.
The numbers were relatively low through the middle of February and then started to climb recently. 20 fatalities in the West, 5 in the Midwest and 10 in the East. I suspect that was based on weather. No snow in the West and too much snow in the East.
If you are unable to view the entire table Email me at Jim@Rec-law.us and put Ski Area Fatality Chart in the subject line. I’ll reply with a PDF of the chart.
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