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2022 Uttarakhand avalanche

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2022 Uttarakhand avalanche
Date4 October 2022
LocationUttarakhand, India
Deaths27

On 4 October 2022, an avalanche at the Draupadi Ka Danda peak in Uttarakhand, India killed 27 mountaineers in the Advanced Mountaineering Course of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.[1] The death toll makes this the worst mountaineering disaster recorded in India.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Uttarakhand: One more body of mountaineer retrieved from avalanche site, death toll rises to 27". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  2. ^ MASIH, ARCHANA. "India's Worst Mountaineering Tragedy". Rediff. Retrieved 2022-10-13.