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.​

At around 6:30 p.m. the Team was alerted to a missing walker on Cader Idris

The female holiday-maker had left her accommodation late to climb the mountain. Being poorly equipped and inexperienced, the woman became lost and rang for assistance as night fell.

As the Team was gathering information , a local farmer drove onto the hill on a quad-bike and quickly located the woman.

At around 12:45 a.m.  Team call-handlers were made aware of two walkers lost on Cader Idris. 

The walkers, a 54 year old woman and her 26 year old son, both from Kent, had set out earlier the previous day with the intention of traversing the mountain from Ty Nant via the summit and south ridge to Minffordd. At some point after the summit they lost the south ridge path. They continued descending until the terrain became too difficult to continue.

Speaking to a call-handler they described themselves as "unhurt, just lost," and were able to see what they believed to be the Tal y Llyn lake.

A team vehicle was deployed to Tal y Llyn to show blue lights and look for a response on the hillside. A light was spotted on the hill side in Cwm Amarch and an estimated location was calculated. With this information established, a party of Team volunteers was deployed up the steep slope to locate the casualties. The plan was to walk the pair back down the mountain, but on assessment, the mother was found to be unable to walk due to the aggravation of a pre-existing back problem. Given the steep nature of the terrain, assistance from the Coastguard helicopter, R936, was requested to help with casualty evacuation. The pair were winched aboard the aircraft and flown to Ysbyty Gwynedd for further assessment and treatment.

​Everyone was safely off the hill by 6:30 a.m.

Shortly after 11:00 a.m on Sunday 21st Oct, Team call-handlers were alerted to a woman reported to be having a panic attack in the summit hut on Cader Idris.

With the forecast low cloud, wind and rain well established over the peaks, the woman, in her early 40's, had become anxious over her predicament; with no map or compass to assist, the woman and her brother were unsure in which direction their chosen route lay, and rang for mountain rescue assistance.

With the woman's phone going straight to answerphone or ringing out unanswered, and attempts to locate the party using smartphone protocols not activated by the casualty, the Team had little information to work with. Team volunteers were therefore dispatched up the main routes from Ty Nant and Dol Idris and set about interviewing walkers coming off the mountain. It quickly became apparent that the pair had left the summit hut shortly after calling for help, but it was not clear in which direction they had travelled.

At around 1:20 p.m. North Wales Police reported that they had received a call from the pair saying they had joined up with a larger group, but again attempts to call the casualty or establish their location went unanswered. Drawing a blank trying to locate this larger group, Team volunteers retreated down the hill to man key exit-points and continued to quiz descending walkers.

Somewhere along the way the pair had seemingly split away from the larger group and at around 2:00 p.m., call handlers received a text saying that the pair had been "retracing their ascent route but must have taken a wrong turn" and were lost. Again attempts to call the casualty or establish their location went unanswered. Not knowing what their ascent route had been, Team volunteers had no option but to hold their positions at key exit points and see if the people appeared.

At around 2:20 the couple finally made contact to say they were off the mountain, and they were eventually located on the B4405 at Tal y Llyn by a volunteer making his way home.

Just before 3 a.m., Team call-handlers were made aware of a man missing from home in the Dolgellau area.

The man had disappeared from his home address following a domestic dispute, and had left a note and social media posts that led family and friends to believe he intended to self-harm.

Initial searches by North Wales Police had drawn a blank, and the Team was put on standby to begin searching at first light. Fortunately the man returned to his home address unharmed shortly after the call went out, and the Team stood down again.

​Just before 5:00 p.m. on Sunday 7th October, Team were requested to help the Welsh Ambulance Service attend to an injured woman on Cader Idris, near Dolgellau.

The 76 year old woman, from Sutton Coldfield, was part of a walking group making its way down the Pony Path from a successful trip to the summit. She had tripped and fallen forward onto both arms which had given way and resulted in her banging her head on the floor. With both arms injured and with considerable pain from suspected fractures, the lady was unable to continue on foot, and assistance from the Coastguard helicopter R936 was requested by the Team call-handler.

Team volunteers reached the casualty and found the lady cold but in good spirits. R936 arrived on scene shortly afterwards and Team members assisted the winchman paramedic in treating and preparing her for evacuation by helicopter. She was flown to Ysbyty Gwynedd for further assessment and treatment. Team members and the remaining members of the walking group were safely off the hill by 8:30 p.m.

At around 4:30 p.m. Team call-handlers were made aware of a couple lost on the hills above Dinas Mawddwy.

The couple, in their early 50's, were uninjured but had become disorientated on the plateau of Foel Dinas. A good phone signal meant that a discussion could be had about their journey so far, and any landmarks they could see. The use of the SARLOC protocol to quiz their phone for its location gave the final confirmation of their location.

With this information, the call-handler was able to give verbal instructions to direct the pair to a suitable exit point from the plateau. In the meantime, two more volunteers set off walking up to meet them.

​Everyone was safely down off the hill by 6:15 p.m.