Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2016/02/01 (Mon)
30’s
Age
Netherlands
Residence
SAR Event ID 2016-18-1
Injury
Outcome
Ski patrol
SAR Involved
Other (Tree strike)
Cause
Winter
Season
Group
Party status
Sidecountry
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The person in distress visited the Niseko Grand Hirafu ski resort with a friend, and at around 0:20 p.m. on the same day, while snowboarding outside the ski resort course management area on the Hanazono course, he collided with a standing tree when he looked aside and injured his lower back and chest. At around 0:25 p.m. on the same day, a fellow skier who was with him called the Ski Patrol for rescue. The ski patrol rescued the person in distress.
Extra details
Locale: Nisekoannupuri (ニセコアンヌプリ, 1308m)
Number in party: 4
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Residence: Netherlands
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2016) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者は、友人と4人でニセコグランヒラフスキー場に訪れ、同日午後0時20分頃、花園コースのスキー場コース管理区域外に出てスノーボードで滑走中、脇見をしてた際に立木に衝突し、腰部及び胸部を負傷、同日午後0時25分頃、一緒にいた仲間がスキーパトロール隊に救助要請 (※スキーパトロール隊が遭難者を救助)
Details as per Police data
年度:2016年度|番号:18|発生日:2016/02/01|曜日:月|山岳名、標高、市町村名:ニセコアンヌプリ (ニセコアンヌプリ), 1308m, (虻田郡倶知安町、ニセコ町)|構成人数:4|遭難者数:1|居住地:オランダ|性別:男|年齢:30代|職業:その他|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)