A bit of digging found an article saying that, even as the number of women who go into the backcountry has grown considerably, the ratio of their fatalities has

A bit of digging found an article saying that, even as the number of women who go into the backcountry has grown considerably, the ratio of their fatalities has dropped -- from around 8% in the decade up to 2004, to 5:128 since (as of late 2008). It attributes the change to their taking avy courses in increasing numbers.