Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2018/12/25 (Tue)
20’s
Age
Japan citizen
Residence
SAR Event ID 2018-113-3
Injury
Outcome
Police Mountain SAR
SAR Involved
Bad weather
Cause
Winter
Season
Group
Party status
Backcountry
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The 4 people in distress entered the mountain by mountain skis from the Shirogane Onsen side in Biei-cho at around 7:00 a.m. on December 23. They arrived at the summit at around 1:00 p.m. on December 24 and started to descend, but the weather worsened. On December 25, while descending on mountain skis, one of the climbers became incapacitated due to hypothermia and called 110 for rescue. The Hokkaido Police mountain rescue team rescued 6 people in distress.
Extra details
Locale: Oputateshike-yama (オプタテシケ山, 2013m)
Number in party: 4
Number in party requiring assistance: 4
Citizenship: Local
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2018) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者４人は12月23日午前7時頃美瑛町白金温泉側から山スキーで入山、翌24日午後１時頃山頂に到着、下山を開始したが天候悪化（吹雪、視界不良）により標高1,300メートル付近でビバーク、12月25日山スキーで下山中、1人が低体温症で行動不能となり、メンバーが110番で救助要請（※道警山岳救助隊が遭難者６人を救助）
Details as per Police data
年度：2018年度｜番号：113｜発生日：2018/12/25｜曜日：火｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：オプタテシケ山 (オプタテシケやま), 2013m, (美瑛町、新得町)｜構成人数：4｜遭難者数：4｜居住地：北海道｜性別：男｜年齢：20代｜職業：大学生｜態様：負傷｜原因：悪天候
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（平成３０年）（北海道警察）
