Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2020/01/30 (Thu)
30’s
Age
France
Residence
SAR Event ID 2020-10-1
Death
Outcome
Police Mountain SAR
SAR Involved
Avalanche
Cause
Winter
Season
Group
Party status
Backcountry
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The person in distress was on a guided tour from Hoshino Resort Tomamu at around 3:25 p.m., skiing up Mt. Tomamu and skiing outside the controlled area when he was caught in an avalanche and buried, and his companion rescued him but he was in a cardiopulmonary arrest state. The Hokkaido Police Mountain Rescue Team rescued the person in distress.
Extra details
Locale: Tomamu-yama (トマム山, 1239m)
Number in party: 8
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Residence: France
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2020) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者はガイドツアーで午後３時25分頃星野リゾートトマムスキー場からトマム山にスキーで登坂し管理区域外をスキーで滑走中、雪崩に巻き込まれて埋没し、同行者が救出したが心肺停止状態であったため、同行ガイドがスキー場に救助要請（※道警山岳救助隊が遭難者を収容）
Details as per Police data
年度：2020年度｜番号：10｜発生日：2020/01/30｜曜日：木｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：トマム山 (とまむやま), 1239m, (占冠村、南富良野町)｜構成人数：8｜遭難者数：1｜居住地：フランス｜性別：男｜年齢：30代｜職業：会社員｜態様：死亡｜原因：雪崩
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（令和２年）（北海道警察）
