Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2020/07/24 (Fri)
50’s
Age
Japan citizen
Residence
SAR Event ID 2020-51-1
No injury
Outcome
Police Helicopter
SAR Involved
Other (unable to move)
Cause
Summer
Season
Group
Party status
N/A
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The eight people in distress were traversing from Kuunuma-dake to Sapporo-dake at around 4:10 pm when they called 110 for help because it was past the scheduled time and sunset was approaching. Rescue helicopters of the Hokkaido Police and Fire Department rescued the distressed persons.
Extra details
Locale: Soranuma-dake (空沼岳, 1251m)
Number in party: 8
Number in party requiring assistance: 8
Citizenship: Local
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2020) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者８人は、午後４時10分頃空沼岳から札幌岳へ縦走中、予定時間を過ぎてしまい日没になることから110番で救助要請（※道警ヘリ、消防ヘリが遭難者を救助）
Details as per Police data
年度：2020年度｜番号：51｜発生日：2020/07/24｜曜日：金｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：空沼岳 (そらぬまだけ), 1251m, (札幌市南区)｜構成人数：8｜遭難者数：8｜居住地：北海道｜性別：男｜年齢：50代｜職業：教員｜態様：無事｜原因：その他（行動不能）
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（令和２年）（北海道警察）