A snowboarder (male, 34, Tokyo) has suffered serious condition
after losing his way in Neseko WeissHorn (outbound) ski area.
His friend asked rescue on Dec 25 4:35pm, two hours after the
missing. The resort had ten and some snowers enjoying snowing
under good weather condition.
Rescue started from Dec 26 7:00am by 80 people, and found the
snowboarder fall down in cold stream (Ioh river) at 9:10am,
500m west of Hutte Weiss Horn. He was hospitalized soon by heli,
but is in coma.
Source:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20071226i303.htm?from=navr

Info.: Niseko WeissHorn ski resort is an unique one which services
catski operation (no lift) where it is getting popular among BC
favorite snowers. Note that Hutte Weiss Horn is a BED only lodge
since 2007/2008 season.

SC

he survived 24 hours in the feezing cold and also wet? Amazing. Hope he makes a full recovery.

why such a long wait before starting a search. Hope he's ok

If the odds of finding him alive are small and the conditions are difficult then it is a tough call as to whether you want to send in the rescuers at night in a storm and endanger them as well. Probably not the call the family would have wanted to hear obviously. Do we have any more news from the victim? Did he pull through in the end?