On the 5th, a man who was backcountry skiing at "Pekerebetsudake" in Shimizu-cho, Hokkaido was caught in an avalanche and went missing. has been confirmed.
Police are investigating the missing skier.
On the 5th, a man in his 60s who was backcountry skiing with his friends at Mt. Pekerebetsu in Shimizu Town was caught in an avalanche and disappeared.
As a result of searching the area again from the morning of the 6th, the police mountain rescue team found a man in the snow at an altitude of about 1100 meters on the mountainside around 8:30 am.
The man was in cardiac arrest and was later pronounced dead.
The police are investigating the details of the situation at the time, as well as confirming that it was a man who had gone missing.