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