Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2015/12/27 (Sun)
40’s
Age
Australia
Residence
SAR Event ID 2015-99-2
No injury
Outcome
Ski patrol
SAR Involved
Lost
Cause
Winter
Season
Group
Party status
Sidecountry
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The person in distress had been skiing the Mount Izora course at the Rusutsu Resort ski resort in a group of several people since around 9:00 a.m. At around 2:30 p.m. on the same day, he entered the south slope of Nuki-betsu Mountain. Nukibetsu at around 2:30 p.m. on the same day. They entered outside the ski resort management area and got lost due to poor visibility caused by bad weather, so they contacted their fellow skiers by cellular phone. At around 5:05 p.m. on the same day, a ski patrol found the person in distress on the forest road on the south side of Nuki-betsu Mountain and rescued him.
Extra details
Locale: Nukkibetsu-yama (貫気別山, 994m)
Number in party: 2
Number in party requiring assistance: 2
Residence: Australia
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2015) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者は、午前９時頃から数名のグループに分かれてルスツリゾートスキー場のマウントイゾラコースでスキーをしていたが、同日午後２時30分頃、貫気別山の南側斜面（スキー場管理区域外）に入り込み、悪天候による視界不良で道に迷ったため、仲間に携帯電話で連絡 （※同日午後５時５分頃、貫気別山南側の林道上でスキーパトロールが遭難者を発見、救助）
Details as per Police data
年度：2015年度｜番号：99｜発生日：2015/12/27｜曜日：日｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：貫気別山 (ぬっきべつやま), 994m, (虻田郡留寿都村)｜構成人数：2｜遭難者数：2｜居住地：オーストラリア｜性別：男｜年齢：40代｜職業：その他｜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）
