SnowConnection 0 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 A guy(37 from Nagano) was killed in Abou-san(2,219m), Nagano by avalanche when skiing down on the north face on April 9th afternoon. He skied with three of his friends who were not injured. The avalanche was 600m long with 40m wide. http://sbc21.co.jp/my-cgi/sbc_news.cgi?page=seventop&date=20060409&id=0106441&action=details Yahoo! Map (Abou-san): http://map.yahoo.co.jp/pl?nl=36.11.15.79...b%bc%bb%b3&sc=6 Comment: I know the name of Abou-san where famous Abou Tunnel passes under it. It is not popular for BC skiers, but some enthusiasts head to Abou-san and Akandana-yama. See; http://w2222.nsk.ne.jp/~turu/abou.html Link to post Share on other sites
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