At around 5:30 p.m.  Call-Handlers from the Team were made aware of two walkers lost in mist above lake Vyrnwy.

The pair, a man and woman from Northampton, had been following a way-marked trail but lost the markers and ended up in an area of deep heather and gorse. Disorientated and confused in deteriorating conditions, the couple were not able to offer any idea about their whereabouts other than being above the lake and that they parked at the dam-end.

With phone signals too poor to make use of any of the usual strategies to quiz smart-phones for location information, it took some inspired detective work on the part of the handler to be able to transform this information into a feasible search area.

Team volunteers made their way to the lake Vyrnwy Hotel car park where the local gamekeeper was able to escort a Team vehicle up a hill track to within a few hundred meters of where the casualties were eventually found, cold but uninjured.

Team vehicles were back at base by 10:00 p.m.

​Shortly before 5:00 p.m. the Team was requested by Dyfed-Powys Police to assist with casualty access following a road traffic incident.

Following a collision involving two cars on the B4391 between Bala and Llangynog, one of the cars had left the carriageway down a steep embankment and had rolled several times before coming to rest. The incident was already attended by Police, Fire & Rescue, and Ambulance services.

The initial request was for the team to assist in accessing and transporting the driver who was still believed to be in the car that had left the road. With the likely need for a technical rope rescue approach, the Team requested the assistance of rope-technicians from our neighbouring Team, North East Wales Mountain Rescue (NEWSAR), to assist our own experts. However, as volunteers from both teams made their way to the scene, it became apparent that the driver was no longer in the vehicle.

With the possibility that the driver had been flung from the rolling car, or had wandered away in an injured condition, a search was initiated. NEWSAR volunteers started to search the trajectory the car followed, from the road to its resting place, whilst the Aberdyfi team began a search starting from the vehicle itself. Scent-specific and Open-area dogs were also deployed by Search and Rescue Dogs Association Wales to join the operation.

As search operations were getting underway, the news came through that the missing driver had been located in a nearby village and the search was stood down. Everyone was off the hillside and heading home by 7:40 p.m.

The search for a missing fisherman on the River Dyfi resumed, and the team contributed a large contingent of water and bank searchers.

At around 4:30 p.m. the team was asked to supply water search assets to join an ongoing search for a missing man thought to have been fishing on the river Dyfi near Machynlleth.

The multi-agency operation, with was headed by the Police and also included search teams from the Fire & Rescue and Coastguard services, and a trailing dog team from SARDA Wales, was stood down at dusk.

​At around 7:40 p.m. call-handlers from the Team were made aware of two walkers lost near Aberangell. 

The visitors had little idea of their location or the wider geography of the area, but using phone-find technology, their position was identified and instructions were given to enable them to walk off the hill. A team volunteer ensured the pair got safely back to their car.

​At around 9:40 p.m, call handlers were made aware of an overdue walker on Cader Idris. 

The man had texted to say he had summited at 7:50 p.m. and his wife was concerned he had not yet returned. As initial inquiries were ongoing, the man arrived down off the mountain and the Team was stood down.

At around 7:30 p.m.  call handlers from the Team were made aware of a walker stranded at the summit of Cader Idris.

The 59 year old man from Neath was part of a group of 4 attempting the Welsh 3-Peaks challenge for charity by climbing Snowdon, Cader Idris and Pen y fan in a day.

The man had become separated from his group earlier in the day and finding himself at the summit shelter in very poor weather, was unable to find the path down.

After his friends raised the alarm at the foot of the mountain, a small party of Team volunteers was dispatched to the summit to recover the man. Having been missing for some 5 hours before the alarm was raised, and dressed in shorts, t-shirt and a light jacket, with no extra equipment, food or water, the man was cold and hungry when reached. After being provided with adequate clothing and warm drinks, he was escorted down off the mountain and was reunited with friends shortly after 1:00 a.m.

Shortly before 9:00 p.m., call-handlers from the Team were made aware of a couple lost on Cader Idris. 

The man and woman, both from London, were lightly equipped for a day on the mountain, and were unable to provide call-out coordinators with information about their location or starting point. The pair were uninjured, but having run out of food and water, were complaining of cold and fatigue. The woman reported feeling faint.

Fortunately, the Team was able to fall-back once again on using the PhoneFind smartphone protocol to quiz the casualties' phone for location information. They were found to be located on the lower sections of the Foxes path, and were encouraged to keep moving downwards as best they could in order to keep warm, and to speed up their rescue. A party of two Team volunteers made their way up to intercept the pair, and further members followed up as they arrived.

The casualties were intercepted and assessed, and were provided with food, water and warm clothing. Other Team volunteers were put on standby in case a stretcher carry was required, but in the event the pair were able to walk off the hill under their own steam. Everyone was safely off the hill shortly before midnight. 

Shortly after 11:00 a.m., call handlers from the Team were made aware of three walkers lost on Cader Idris.

The three male teenagers had walked from Barmouth the previous day and had camped near the Pen y Gader summit.  Waking to poor weather they took the wrong path from the summit and descended to Llyn Cau rather than follow the Pony Path back the way they had come.  Finding themselves beside the lake and unaware of the path along the shore, they took to their emergency shelters and called for assistance.

With an intermittent mobile phone signal at the back of the cwm, the call handler eventually contacted the party to confirm their position and to encourage them to move along the north shore of Llyn Cau to find the Minffordd path.  Two Team volunteers were dispatched to intercept the the group.  With some encouragement the walkers were able to find the route along the lake side and were met by Team members on the Minffordd path just below the lake outflow.  The group was accompanied down to Minffordd car park from where they arranged a lift back to the north side of the mountain.