SnowConnection 0 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 A big avalanche occured in Anage-dani valley near to Kasaga-take(2,897m), Gifu on April 9th 11:00am. Gifu police saw several avalanche debris on the south face of Kasaga-take. The largest one is 3 Km long with 30-60m width. Four guys are now missing around there. One skier (male: 30 from Aichi) entered to the area by himself. Three climbers (males: 35 from Tochigi, 36 from Shizuoka and 38 from Kanagawa) set out to Kasaga-take on April 8th. Update: The search activity was suspended on Apr 10th 11:00am by bad weather. Update: The search activity was suspended on Apr 11th 10:00am by bad weather. Update: The search activity will resume on/after April 12 morning. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20060411ic24.htm Yahoo! Map (Anage-dani): http://map.yahoo.co.jp/pl?nl=36.17.57.47...c%d3%c3%ab&sc=5 Comment: From Shin-hodaka-onsen; Koike-shin-do route for Sugoroku hut via Yumiore-dake is a popular for intermediate/advanced BC skiers. Route for Kasaga-take or Nukito-dake is popular in summer season, but is for advanced/expert BC skiers in winter season. I've been only to Koike-shin-do. Link to post Share on other sites
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