Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2015/06/06 (Sat)
50’s
Age
Saitama
Residence
SAR Event ID 2015-31-1
No injury
Outcome
Police Helicopter
SAR Involved
Lost
Cause
Summer
Season
Group
Party status
N/A
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The person in distress and her husband entered the mountain from the Asahidake ropeway Sugatami station at around 11:30 a.m. and arrived at the summit of Asahidake at around 2:30 p.m. The weather at the time was thick fog and visibility was poor, with a visibility of 3 to 4 meters. She lost sight of her husband who was descending ahead of her while descending near Koganeiwa, and went off the trail and entered a cliff slope in the direction of Jigokudani, getting stuck on the steep slope of ice and snow. At around 3:15 p.m. on the same day, the husband of the person in distress called 110 and requested rescue. Self-defense force personnel spotted the distressed person with binoculars and rescued her by a Hokkaido Police helicopter.
Extra details
Locale: Asahi-dake (旭岳, 2291m)
Number in party: 2
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Residence: Saitama
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2015) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者は、夫と２人で午前11時30分頃、旭岳ロープウェイ姿見駅から入山し、同日午後２時30分頃、旭岳山頂に到着したが、当時の天候は濃霧で視界が悪く（３～４メートル）、金庫岩付近を下山中に前方を下山していた夫の姿を見失い、登山道を外れて地獄谷方向の崖斜面に入り込み、氷雪の急斜面で身動きがとれなくなる。同日午後３時15分頃、遭難者の夫が110番通報 し、救助要請 （※自衛隊員が双眼鏡で遭難者を発見、道警ヘリで救助）
Details as per Police data
年度：2015年度｜番号：31｜発生日：2015/06/06｜曜日：土｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：旭岳 (あさひだけ), 2291m, (上川郡東川町)｜構成人数：2｜遭難者数：1｜居住地：埼玉県｜性別：女｜年齢：50代｜職業：無職｜態様：無事｜原因：道迷い
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（平成２７年）（北海道警察）
