One male avalanche snowboarder at Norikuradake in the Northern Alps Unknown on February 1 17:53

On the 1st, an avalanche occurred at Mt. Norikura in the Northern Alps in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, and one man in his forties who was snowboarding was caught up and became unconscious.

At 0:30 pm on the 1st, a fire avalanche occurred at Mt. Norikura in the Northern Alps of Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, and a firefighter was notified that one snowboarder had been involved.

According to the police, a man in his forties was involved in an avalanche, and when he and his two friends were snowboarding off the ski course on the northeastern slope of Mt. Norikura, an avalanche occurred.

The man was rescued by a disaster-prevention helicopter in Yamanashi when he was requested to be rescued, and was taken to a nearby hospital, but he was unconscious.

Police are looking into the situation at the time.