Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2023/03/05 (Sun)
30’s
Age
Japan citizen
Residence
SAR Event ID 2023-36-1
Death
Outcome
Police Helicopter
SAR Involved
Avalanche
Cause
Winter
Season
Group
Party status
N/A
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The missing person had split up with his companions at around 10:00 am and was skiing separately, but as he did not come down, his companions called 119 at around 11:25 am to request a rescue (the Hokkaido Prefectural Police helicopter picked up the missing person).
Extra details
Locale: Yotei-zan (羊蹄山
, 1,898m)
Number in party: 2
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Citizenship: Local
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2023) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者は、午前10時頃同行者と分かれてそれぞれ別にスキーで滑走していたが、遭難者が一向に下山しないことから、午前11時25分頃同行者が119番で救助要請（道警ヘリが遭難者を収容）
Details as per Police data
年度：2023年度｜番号：36｜発生日：2023/03/05｜曜日：日｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：羊蹄山 (ようていざん), 1898m, (倶知安町、京極町、喜茂別町、ニセコ町、真狩村)｜構成人数：2｜遭難者数：1｜居住地：道内｜性別：男｜年齢：30代｜職業：不明｜態様：死亡｜原因：雪崩
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（令和5年）（北海道警察）