I've noticed this, too.
I have been attributing this to the low snow year, predominantly.
for example, for the PCT, they wrote about double the normal number of permits, larger than has ever been written, for this year.....and my communication with various waypoints verified that they've never seen the like.
I would imagine that it is predictable that as volume goes up, incidents go up, too.
I would be interested to know if the SAR volume numerically has been at a high, as well.
