Case file · Haunting
Wellington avalanche
On 1 March 1910 an avalanche swept two snowbound Great Northern trains off the tracks at Wellington, Washington, killing 96 people, the deadliest avalanche in US history.
1910 CE · 47.75, -121.13 · status: legend
The account
The railway renamed the town Tye, and later moved the line into a tunnel. Hikers on the Iron Goat Trail, which follows the old grade, report voices, cold spots and figures.
The sceptical view
Ghost reports come from a remote, silent trail with a well-known tragic story.