North Alps Karamatsudake's “Snow Valley” is confirmed to be a glacier. Nagano Hakuba Village October 6 21:32
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A survey conducted by research teams such as Niigata University confirmed that `` Yukikei '', a snow mass that remains undisturbed in summer in Hakuba Village, Hakuba Village, Nagano Prefecture, is a glacier. Was announced.
On the 6th, the chief of the study team, Associate Professor Chiyuki Nara from Niigata University gave a lecture at Hakuba Village.
Associate professor Nara, at the bottom of “Karamatsuzawa Yukikei” at Karamatsudake in the Northern Alps, has an ice mass called an “ice body” with an average thickness of 25 meters and a length of approximately 1.1 kilometers. It was confirmed that it was moving up to 25 cm in the meantime by a survey using radar and GPS last year.
Associate professor Nara stated that this was consistent with the characteristics of glaciers. “The glaciers that were confirmed this time can be seen from a relatively easy-to-go place, such as the summit of a mountain climbed by a ropeway. I couldn't make use of it, ”emphasized the significance of research.
A 82-year-old man from Hakuba village who listened to the lecture said, “I am proud that there are glaciers in my area. I want people all over the country to know.”