Study on Measures of Houses for Snow − Shelters and Branch-supporting Ropes for Snow of Houses along the Route 158 −

Houses equipping with the shelter and the branch-supporting ropes against snow are seen in the winter season in the snowy zone of our country including the Hokuriku district. Therefore we investigated these enforcements situation and considered whether these have what kind of relation to quantity of snow. The subjects of survey are houses along the Route 158 from Fukui city to Ono city. As a result, a correlation with the quantity of snow was perceived as for the shelters, but as for the branch-supporting ropes was not perceived