Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2016/01/31 (Sun)
30’s
Age
Hokkaido
Residence
SAR Event ID 2016-16-1
Injury
Outcome
Unknown
SAR Involved
Other (Tree strike)
Cause
Winter
Season
Group
Party status
Other
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The person in distress entered Mt. Yoichi with 9 other snowmobilers, and while snowmobiling on the northeast slope of Mt. Yoichi, he made a driving error, hit a standing tree, and injured his right leg.
Extra details
Locale: Yoichi-dake (余市岳, 1488m)
Number in party: 9
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Residence: Hokkaido
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2016) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者は、スノーモービル仲間と９台９人で余市岳に入山し、余市岳北東斜面をスノーモービルで走行中、運転操作を誤り、立木に衝突して右足を負傷、同日午前11時35分頃、スノーモービル仲間が消防に通報し、救助要請
Details as per Police data
年度：2016年度｜番号：16｜発生日：2016/01/31｜曜日：日｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：余市岳 (よいちだけ), 1488m, (札幌市南区、余市郡赤井川村)｜構成人数：9｜遭難者数：1｜居住地：北海道｜性別：男｜年齢：30代｜職業：会社員｜態様：負傷｜原因：その他（立木衝突）
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（平成２８年）（北海道警察）
