Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2020/02/10 (Mon)
30’s
Age
Hokkaido
Residence
SAR Event ID 2020-15-1
Death
Outcome
Disaster SAR Helicopter
SAR Involved
Avalanche
Cause
Winter
Season
Solo
Party status
Backcountry
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The distressed person entered the mountain for snowboarding alone, and his family, worried that he did not return home, called the police station. The next day, an acquaintance found the person in distress buried in an avalanche.
Extra details
Locale: Yotei-zan (羊蹄山, 1898m)
Number in party: 1
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Residence: Hokkaido
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2020) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者は単独でスノーボード滑走のため入山、帰宅しないことを心配した家族が警察署に通報、翌日雪崩に埋没している遭難者を知人が発見（※道防災ヘリが遭難者を収容）
Details as per Police data
年度：2020年度｜番号：15｜発生日：2020/02/10｜曜日：月｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：羊蹄山 (ようていざん), 1898m, (虻田郡倶知安町、京極町、喜茂別町、ニセコ町、真狩村)｜構成人数：1｜遭難者数：1｜居住地：北海道｜性別：男｜年齢：30代｜職業：公務員｜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）
