Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2016/01/14 (Thu)
30’s
Age
Germany
Residence
SAR Event ID 2016-5-1
No injury
Outcome
Park ranger etc
SAR Involved
Lost
Cause
Winter
Season
Group
Party status
Backcountry
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The person in distress entered the mountain with snowshoes from the Asahidake ropeway Sugatami station at around 10:00 a.m. to go snowboarding with a friend, but the weather worsened around midnight the same day and it started to snowstorm, so they gave up climbing and turned back. Around 1:00 p.m. on the same day, while descending the mountain, he became separated from the person in distress due to poor visibility caused by the snowstorm. Asahidake ropeway staff found and rescued the distressed persons.
Extra details
Locale: Asahi-dake (旭岳, 2291m)
Number in party: 2
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Residence: Germany
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2016) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者は、友人と２人でスノーボードをするため、午前10時頃、旭岳ロープウェイ姿見駅から旭岳山頂を目指してスノーシューで入山したが、同日午後０時頃、天候が悪化して吹雪となり、登頂を断念して引き返したが、同日午後１時頃、下山中に吹雪による視界不良で遭難者とはぐれてしまい、同日午後５時頃、姿見駅まで下山した同行者が旭岳ロープウェイ職員に救助要請 （※旭岳ロープウェイ職員が遭難者を発見救助）
Details as per Police data
年度：2016年度｜番号：5｜発生日：2016/01/14｜曜日：木｜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：ドイツ｜性別：男｜年齢：30代｜職業：会社員｜態様：無事｜原因：道迷い
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（平成２８年）（北海道警察）
