Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2017/02/04 (Sat)
20’s
Age
Hokkaido
Residence
SAR Event ID 2017-15-1
No injury
Outcome
Self Rescue
SAR Involved
Lost
Cause
Winter
Season
Solo
Party status
Sidecountry
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The person in distress had come to Tomamu Ski Resort with three companions, but while snowboarding alone outside the controlled area, he lost his bearings. Around 2:00 p.m., his friends, worried that the person in distress had not returned, called the ski resort for rescue. The person in distress followed the tracks of his skis and climbed back up the slope and returned to the top of the ski resort on his own.
Extra details
Locale: Tomamu-yama (トマム山, 1239m)
Number in party: 1
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Residence: Hokkaido
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2017) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者はトマムスキー場に仲間3人と来ていたが、一人で管理区域外をスノーボードで滑走中、方向を見失う。午後2時頃遭難者が戻ってこないことを心配した仲間がスキー場に救助要請。(※遭難者は自分が滑ってきたスキーの跡を追って斜面を登り返し自力でスキー場頂上に戻る)
Details as per Police data
年度:2017年度|番号:15|発生日:2017/02/04|曜日:土|山岳名、標高、市町村名:トマム山 (トマムやま), 1239m, (占冠村、南富良野町)|構成人数:1|遭難者数:1|居住地:北海道|性別:男|年齢:20代|職業:公務員|態様:無事|原因:道迷い
出典:山岳遭難発生状況(平成29年)(北海道警察)