Shortly after 10 p.m., Team call-handlers were made aware of lights flashing on the summit of Cader Idris.

From previous experience, people enjoying the mountain by torchlight are not uncommon, and the motions of a head torch as walkers move around can appear as a purposeful flashing from a distance. The summit area also has a good phone signal, and no distress calls had been received. A final clue was that a local outdoor education centre had a group at the summit shelter. 

​It was concluded that the report was a false alarm with good intent and the Team was stood down.

​At around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday 14th May, call-handlers from the Team were made aware of an injured teenager on Cader idris.

The 15 year-old male walker was part of a local outdoor education group hiking on the mountain. Having reached the summit, the party were starting their descent from Mynydd Moel when the walker stumbled and sustained an injury to his right ankle.

With the prospect of a long and problematic stretcher carry over difficult terrain, a request was made by the Team for assistance from the Coastguard helicopter, R936. The aircraft was already in the air on a training exercise, and was quickly on scene as Team volunteers gathered at the foot of the mountain to assist. The casualty and a teacher from the group were airlifted and flown to hospital for further assessment and treatment.

A party of team members made their way up the mountain to meet up with the remaining group members and help them to get safely down off the mountain. Everyone was down at the carpark by 7:40 p.m.

At around 7:20 p.m. Team call-handlers were made aware of a lost walker.
The informant had stated that he was working at the "tearooms at the waterfall", and reported that a caller had made contact saying that he was lost in the mountains. Team activity was underway to to try and flesh-out this very limited information, and a full-team standby had been issued, when it was reported that the man had been brought to safety by a local farmer. It is thought that the location was in the vicinity of Pistyll Rhaeadr.

Shortly after 3:00 p.m. call-handlers from the Team received a request for assistance from Ambulance Control regarding a person believed to have fallen from a coastal cliff at Tonfanau.
Ambulance Control had already contacted the Coastguard and had requested support from the air-ambulance. The Phonefind protocol was used by Team operatives to establish an accurate location for the casualty and this was passed to the Coastguard team attending the incident. Aberdyfi Team was put on standby and both the Ambulance control and Coastguard were made aware that we would call out if required. In the event, Helimed was able to land on the beach and the casualty was transported by air to further care.  

​Just before 4:30 p.m. Team call-handlers were made aware of a female walker lost in the Cregennen lakes area above Arthog.

From around 1:00 p.m. the 63 year old woman from Caernarfon had been walking around the lakes whilst her husband waited at the car-park, but at 2:20 p.m. she phoned him to report that she was fed-up and lost. After this point, all attempts to contact her by phone went straight to answerphone.

As daylight started to fade, and with concerns regarding pre-existing health issues, the husband requested help from Mountain Rescue.

As Team volunteers met up with the husband at Cregennen, call-handlers finally got through on the missing woman's phone; after a long and sometimes challenging journey with neither food or water, she had made her way to Dolgellau. Somewhat shaken and anxious, the woman was otherwise safe and well, and happy to be reunited with her husband.

Everyone was safely off the hill by 5:15 p.m.

Shortly after 2:00 p.m. call-handlers from the Team were made aware of reports of a crag-fast man on Cader Idris.
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The informant reported seeing a man in a red jacket on a ledge above Llyn y Gader, and had thought that the person was shouting for help. The call-handlers were unable to contact the informant for further details and so called-out the Team to make further investigations at the scene.

Two Team volunteers were already out on the mountain and were able to quickly make contact with the informant. Knowing the mountain well, the rescuers realised that the area indicated was part of a popular climbing route, Cyfrwy Arete. Making their way over to the top of the crag, they were able to make contact with two men, one in a red jacket, who were happily enjoying and very pleasant day's climbing. The men reported having neither heard or seen anyone in distress, and it was concluded that infact these were the people who had been spotted, and that the shouting was part of their communication up and down the pitch.

The call-out was concluded to be a false alarm made with good intention.

At around 3:30 p.m.,  call handlers were made aware of two walkers lost in fog on Cader Idris.

The man and woman, from the Welshpool area, had climbed the mountain via the Minffordd Path and having reached the top, took a break in the summit hut. On re emerging from the hut the pair became disorientated in the fog and called for assistance.

Using the PhoneFind protocol to quiz their mobile phone, call-handlers were quickly able to identify that the couple had started to descend the wrong side of the mountain. Verbal instructions were given to steer the pair down the Foxes Path, and a small party of Team volunteers headed up the hill to intercept them.

Everyone was safely off the hill by 4:40 p.m.

​In a prompt start to the year, at 7:30 p.m. on New Year's Day, call-handlers from the Team were made aware of a missing walker whose car had been located at the bottom of Cader Idris.

The man, in his 30's and from Wrexham, had told family that he was walking at Barmouth but at night-fall he had texted to say he was lost. Having checked likely spots in Barmouth for his car, North Wales Police Officers moved their search to Cader Idris and eventually found the man's vehicle in the car-park at Minffordd. The ticket on his car indicated that he had been out on the mountain all day.

With the prospect of a large area search, the Team was immediately called-out. Given the nature of the situation, Search and Rescue Dogs Wales were also requested to supply a trailing dog to help locate the man. 

As Team volunteers were making their way to the mountain, the man fortunately was found by NWP Officers, safe and well and walking back to the car-park.

At 4:30 p.m. the Team was made aware of an abandoned tent on Fegla Fawr.
The informant visited 7 weeks ago. He saw this tent and also saw a man, who appeared to be a bird-watcher carrying binoculars, in the vicinity of the tent but did not speak to the man and cannot be sure he was associated with the tent. Tent now has a lot of litter around it and no sign of a recent fire. The informant did not open the tent. Concerns were raised for well being of any occupant.

A discussion was had with North Wales Police over what response was requested from MR, and it was agreed that an urgent night-time search was disproportionate to the situation. The initial intention was to send a PCSO to investigate in daylight but the team call-handler dealing with the call, and living nearby, offered to investigate the tent the following morning. The tent was found to have been abandoned for some weeks with litter, foam mat, duffle coat and tent having been chewed by animals. There was no signs of recent habitation. The tent and litter were cleared from site by the Team volunteer.

Concerns raised over an apparently poorly equipped male with dog walking up Cader Idris on the edge of darkness. The gentleman with his dog were heading up the Minffordd path and were encountered at the Slate Bridge at around 4:00 p.m. The Informant called police as she felt he looked "down beat" and with the limited equipment he was carrying it raised concerns in her mind.

Team call handlers felt that there was no indication that the male was in need of assistance at this point. He may well have had a torch in a coat pocket, and may just be taking a short dog walk rather than undertaking a mountain epic. Further information indicating the risk of potential harm to the man would be required to initiate a search.​