On the afternoon of the 21st, a woman who was snowboarding in the Hakkoda Mountains in Aomori City was caught in an avalanche and died.
Around 1 pm on the 21st, near the station near the summit of "Hakkoda Ropeway" in the Hakkoda Mountains in Aomori City, a group who was snowboarding told police that "a woman in her 40s was involved in an avalanche". There was a report.
The woman was rescued about two hours later after a search by a ropeway operator, but she was taken to a hospital in Aomori City unconscious and was confirmed dead afterwards.
According to police and others, the avalanche was about 400 meters away from the ropeway station and off the ski course.
According to the ropeway operator, the average temperature near the summit on the 21st was -7 degrees Celsius, which was about the same as normal, but on the 20th, it was -3 degrees Celsius, which was slightly higher than normal, and it was snowing when an avalanche occurred. about it.
Police are checking the identity of the woman and are investigating the situation at the time.