Some of them took a misstep and fell into the valley, and some could not find a space in the lodging on the pass (called 'Otasuke-jaya' literally, saving teahouse) and had to spend a night outside in a snowstorm.
また、足を踏み外して谷に滑落する者、峠の宿（お助け茶屋）に入りきらずに吹雪のなか外で夜を明かす者もいたという。