National Park After Dark

296: The Deadliest Avalanche in U.S. History. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

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In 1910, two trains became stranded in Washington’s Cascade Mountains during a record-breaking snowstorm. After six harrowing nights, a massive avalanche swept them off the mountainside — the deadliest avalanche in U.S. history. More than a century later, one question still lingers: could the disaster have been prevented?

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Sources:
  • “A ‘haunted hike’ brings Washington disaster to life,” by Courtney Flatt (Northwest Public Broadcasting, 2023).
  • “White Death in the Cascades,” by Lauren Tarshis (Scholastic Scope, 2022).
  • “The 1910 Wellington Train Disaster,” (Washington Our Home, 2021).

    • The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche, by Gary Krist (2007).

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