Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2015/02/12 (Thu)
20’s
Age
Canada
Residence
SAR Event ID 2015-10-1
Injury
Outcome
Guide
SAR Involved
Avalanche
Cause
Winter
Season
Group
Party status
Backcountry
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The person in distress was at the second station of Shiribetsu-dake (Mt. Shiribetsu) at around 2:00 pm. While the person in distress was skiing down the northwestern slope at an elevation of approximately 550 meters, his two friends who were skiing down from behind avalanched. The avalanche caused an avalanche approximately 75 meters wide, 300 meters long, and 0.75 meters thick, and the person in distress was caught in the avalanche and injured his lower back. A heli-ski tour guide who was in the vicinity of the scene was in the vicinity of the distressed person.
Extra details
Locale: Shiribetsu-dake (尻別岳, 1107m)
Number in party: 3
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Residence: Canada
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2015) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者は、午後２時頃、尻別岳２合目（標高約550メートル）北西斜面を遭難者が先頭でスキー滑降中、後方からスキーで滑降してきた友人２人が雪崩（幅約75メートル、長さ約300メートル、厚さ約0.75メートル）を引き起こし、遭難者が巻き込まれて腰部を負傷 （※現場付近にいたヘリスキーのツアーガイドが遭難者を
Details as per Police data
年度：2015年度｜番号：10｜発生日：2015/02/12｜曜日：木｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：尻別岳 (しりべつだけ), 1107m, (虻田郡喜茂別町)｜構成人数：3｜遭難者数：1｜居住地：カナダ｜性別：女｜年齢：20代｜職業：会社員｜態様：負傷｜原因：雪崩
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（平成２７年）（北海道警察）
