In the news

Shortly before 1:00 p.m. on Saturday 21st December. call handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were requested to assist the Welsh Ambulance Service crews in assisting an injured mountain bike rider near Machynlleth. The 15 year old male suffered serious leg injuries in a fall from his bike on the down-hill trails at Dyfi…

Sunday 15/12/2019 10:57 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police to assist with the extraction of a gentleman who was stuck in his vehicle after a two car crash on the northerly decent of Kirkstone Pass. The Team arrived on scene alongside the Air Ambulance, the Fire Brigade and North West Ambulance service…

Tuesday 10/12/2019 17:47 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out by Cumbria Police to assist in the search for a missing woman. She had gone missing from the Watermillock area and, at that point, not been seen for about 24hrs. 23 team members responded and searched land bordering the A592 under Gowbarrow Fell. The team…

Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called out at approximately 19:00 on Saturday 10th August. The Team were requested to help two 21-year-old male walkers who had set off from Buttermere and had become lost in severe conditions on a nearby mountain. SARLOC (a phone location tool utilised by Mountain Rescue) was used to pin down…

Shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Wed 4th December, and midway through a Team committee meeting, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of an unusual light spotted on Cader Idris. Concerns were raised by a person living in the Minffordd area over the light, which had been seen continuously from around 5:00…