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16日午前11時5分頃、北海道ニセコ町のニセコアンヌプリ(1308メートル)山頂付近でスキーをしていた男性から「雪崩が起きてけが人がいる」と道警倶知安(くっちゃん)署に通報があった。

連絡を受けたスキー場のパトロール隊員が男女3人を救助した。いずれも命に別条はないという。

発表によると、現場は山頂の南西約300メートルで、スキー場コース外の斜面。3人のうち男女2人は外国人とみられる。

現場付近には複数のスキーヤーがいたが、3人の他に雪崩に巻き込まれたとの情報はないという。10日から、ニセコ町には雪崩注意報が発令されていた。

 

(2014年1月16日13時16分 読売新聞)

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google translate FTW

 

5 At around 11 am on the 16th, there is a report Dokei Kutchan to (Kutchan) station "injured Have avalanche is happening" and from a man who was skiing Annupuri of Niseko-cho (1308 m) near the summit were.

Ski patrolman who received the contact has rescued three men and women. Not life-threatening cases.

According to the announcement, the site is about 300 m southwest of the summit, the slopes of the ski course outside. I found a young woman out of three people with foreigners.

It was purchased more than one skier in the near field, that there is no information had been caught in an avalanche in addition to the three. From the 10th, avalanche warning has been issued in the Niseko town.

 

(16 minutes Yomiuri Shimbun 13:00 January 16, 2014)

 

(But FTL actually)

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Saw that on the news but could not work where it was. They were lucky if that is the case, there were times when the peak was clear this morning but at that time it was windy and dirty weather.

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from bloomberg.com

 

 

Three skiers were rescued after being buried in an avalanche today near the Niseko ski resort on Japan’s northernmost island.

 

The non-Japanese couple and their Japanese guide sustained minor injuries in the snowslide, the Kutchan City, Hokkaido fire department said by e-mail, without specifying the injuries.

 

About 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) of crystal snow had fallen on the resort’s slopes over the previous 12 hours and soft-slabs began to form on wind-affected areas above the treeline, according to the Niseko Avalanche Information website. The injured people were skiing outside the boundaries on Mount Annupuri, according to the fire department.

 

Annupuri had about 2.6 meters of snow at the top as today, according to the SnowJapan website. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a warning for heavy snow and possible avalanches through tomorrow in Niseko. The area may get as much as 30 centimeters of snow in 12 hours, according to the agency.

 

Niseko, one of Hokkaido’s most famous ski and hot spring resort towns, has attracted investment in recent years. Richard Li, son of Li Ka-shing, invested $1.2 billion in a resort, while Francis Yeoh, son of the founder of Malaysia’s YTL Corp., gave the Green Leaf Hotel, on the slope next to Annupuri, a $10 million facelift in 2010.

 

Niseko has an average 3.3 meters of snow in February, making it the world’s second-snowiest resort after Washington’s Mount Baker, according to the Best Snow website.

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