A 24-year-old woman died after being found buried in snow while snowboarding at a ski resort in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Monday.
Police said that at around 10 a.m., Sae Mizukami, a university student from Tokyo's Minato Ward, was found lying on her back, buried in snow from her chest up beside the course at Kagura Ski Resort, NHK reported.
Mizukami was taken to hospital in a state of cardiac arrest, but died just after 6 p.m. Monday.
Mizukami had been snowboarding with her father at the resort, but when she did not come down the advanced snowboarding course after him, he took the ski lift to search for her.
According to the ski resort, nets and signs are installed in some places to prevent skiers and others from entering dangerous areas or going off piste.
Snow had been falling continuously at the resort since early morning.
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JeffLee
That’s a pretty popular and busy hill. Surprising that someone can die like that there when they’re advanced level. Maybe the snowfall was especially heavy?
SarcasmOnly
Very sad :(
SarcasmOnly
I hope they improve safety measures where possible as an outcome. RIP
Fighto!
Absolutely tragic news, especially for one so young.
Rest in Peace to the poor young woman.
iron man
beside the course = beside the piste? I do not do ski stuff, more of a 400m track person, running tracks know the rules, snow has no rules. sadly, the young lady got caught up in a nature law of physics, not her fault. inspect the nets each morning??
Namahage
@iron man
Again,I failed to understand your message or meaning.
Apologies.
Meanwhile,I was snowboarding in Hokkaido.
It was very deep powder,bad weather and very windy
The resort and users must take full responsibility for this tragedy.
commanteer
No ski resort anywhere can take responsibility for off-piste activities - as they are, by definition, not skiing on the resort's slopes. A terrible tragedy - I can't imagine how the father must feel.
Hawk
It's true. However, we don't know exactly what happened in this particular case. It seems from this article that she was found "beside" an "advanced snowboarding course." She may have fallen on the course and slid off, gone for a feature like a jump just off the course, missed an unclear or unmarked turn, the course was too much for her etc.
What a shame. Condolences to loved ones.
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Japantime
Unfortunately people need to respect nature. Follow the rules of the 400m running track as well. This is for our safety.
John-San
Sound like she gone under the ropes as to say. Push on by the opportunity of pulling first line in the recent fresh powder dump over the night. I would do the same and many others also. It the gamble you take for a adrenaline rush over common sense.