NAGANO -- Two men were found in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest Monday morning after being caught in an avalanche in the Northern Japanese Alps on Sunday.
The police are trying to identify whether the two are among the five foreign skiers who were caught in the avalanche while backcountry skiing, which is done on slopes not developed for skiing or snowboarding, in the village of Otari, Nagano Prefecture, on Sunday.
The two men, one of whom was American, were found unconscious at the avalanche site, which occurred on the Tengu Plateau on the eastern side of Mt. Hakuba Norikura.
