Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: ()
20’s
Age
Foreign citizen
Residence
SAR Event ID
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
Citizenship: Foreign