Shortly before 7:00 p.m. Team call-handlers were made aware of reports that an elderly woman was missing on Cader Idris.

The woman became separated from her husband, both in their 70's while they were descending the Pony Path. The husband waited at Ty Nant, the bottom of the path, but after 1 1/2 hours had elapsed he raised the alarm.

North Wales Police officers and Mountain Rescue volunteers started coordinating a plan, and two passing walkers offered to keep an eye out for the woman as they made their way up the mountain to camp. The husband pointed out her last known position to the walkers and commented that she could have taken an alternative path heading down toward the youth hostel.

Having reached their proposed campsite, the two walkers dumped their equipment and decided to check this alternative route. They fortunately located the woman in a ditch, where she had fallen and injured her ribs. While one of the men stayed with the injured woman, the other descended the mountain to inform rescuers, and the lady was assisted down off the mountain.

Everyone was safely down off the mountain by 8:30 p.m., although the walkers then headed back up the mountain to get on with their camping trip.

Team spokesperson Graham O'Hanlon recognised the contribution made by the passing walkers; "We'd like to say thanks to a great pair of lads who selflessly gave of their time to help a fellow walker. Without their efforts we could have been looking at an entirely different outcome."

Shortly before 10:00 p.m. the team was made aware of reports of a flashing light seen on the hills above Fairbourne.

The Informant  reported seeing a flashing light in the approximate  direction of Blue Lake and lasting for about  20 min. 

A Team volunteer drove to Fairbourne, but was unable to spot any lights on the hillside. With reasonable phone coverage in the area and no calls for help received , it was concluded to be a false alarm with good intention, and likely due to torch light from people enjoying the night-time hills.

Shortly after 1:00 pm  call handlers from the Team were made aware of a walker with an ankle injury on Cader Idris.

The, woman, in her 50’s, was part of a family group exploring the mountains, and had slipped on Mynydd Moel, one of the eastern peaks of the range. The group were quickly able to confirm their location by means of a SNP marker. These small discs were placed on all principle fence crossing points across the mountain by the Snowdonia National Park, and display a grid reference for that particular location.
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Given the location and the difficult nature of the extraction route for a stretcher carry, the assistance of the Coastguard helicopter, R936, was requested. The helicopter was able to land close to the casualty site, and the woman was transferred to hospital for further assessment and treatment.

At around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday 22nd August, call handlers from the Team were alerted to concerns raised about the well-being of a man camping on Cader Idris.

A hill-party was dispatched to make a welfare check, and the man, in his 50's and from the Manchester area, was found unconscious in his tent. His condition was such that the Coastguard helicopter, R936, was requested to assist with the evacuation. However, as the man was being made ready for transportation, the cloud-base fell to a point where the helicopter could no longer be of assistance. Instead the man was carried down the Minffordd steps by stretcher, a long and difficult carry, and handed over to a Welsh Ambulance Service crew  for further assessment and transportation.

Everyone was safely off the hill by 11:45 p.m.

At around 1:30 p.m. call-handlers from the Team were made aware of an injured teenager on Cader Idris.

The girl, aged 13, was part of a family group of 6 from Wiltshire who were enjoying the mountain. She went over on her ankle and could no longer support any weight on it.

Using the Phonefind protocol to quiz the informants phone for location details, the group's position was pinpointed quickly and a hasty-party of Team volunteers was dispatched to the scene.

Given the difficulty of the stretcher-carry down Minffordd steps, a request was placed for assistance from the Coastguard helicopter R936. The request was granted and the helicopter arrived on scene shortly afterwards. While the winchman assessed the casualty, R936 flew down to Minffordd to pick up more Team volunteers to assist with moving the casualty.

With the girl and her mother loaded aboard, the pair were flown to Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth for further assessment and treatment.

The remainder of the party were helped down off the hill, and everyone was back at Minffordd by 4:20 p.m.

At around 6:40 p.m. call-handlers from the Team were made aware of two walkers lost and struggling to get off the hills near Dinas Mawddwy.

The pair, a mother, 73 and daughter, 39, had been following a walking-book route around Minllan quarries. At some point they became lost and had been on the hill for around 9 h when they finally called for assistance.

Using the Phonefind protocol which quizzes the casualty's mobile phone for location information, call handlers were quickly able to identify the group's position.  With good landmarks and a public footpath to follow, the prospects looked good for describing an exit route by phone so that the pair could self-rescue. As a precaution, two Team volunteers were dispatched to meet the walkers as they came off the hill. However, conditions on the ground were challenging, and the lost walkers were greatly hampered by deep bracken and gorse, and though remaining on the course described to them, the elder of the two became exhausted trying to make progress.

Team members met up with the younger woman who had made it through to better terrain and were able to assist the older lady off the hill.

Everyone was safely back at their cars by 8:15 p.m.

Shortly after 1:00 p.m. the Team received a request for assistance from the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust to help in the rescue of an injured female.

The woman, in her early 40's and from the London area, was part of a family group enjoying a woodland walk at Tan y Coed near Machynlleth. Whilst exploring a stream, she lost her footing on slippery stones and landed heavily onto rocks, injuring her back. An ambulance was called, and the crew was able to locate and provide pain relief, but the nature of the path was such that they required assistance to transport the casualty. Team volunteers loaded the casualty onto a wheeled stretcher, and the lady was transported safely to the waiting ambulance.

​Everyone was safely back at vehicles by 3:00 p.m.

Just before 7:30 p.m. on Friday 2nd August, call handlers from the Team were made aware of a party of 3 people lost on Cader Idris.

The couple, in their 20's, and their 6 year old child, reported that they had been lost on the mountain since 3:00 p.m. They had ascended the Pony Path and reached the summit, but with no real concept of the layout of their environment and none of the equipment needed to negotiate it, they were largely working on recommendations from passers-by. Ultimately they found themselves descending the scree-gully adjacent to the Foxes path, a steep and loose slope, and panicked. They managed to get themselves down to Llyn y Gadair at the foot of the scree, but were sufficiently shaken up by their experience as to be unable to proceed from that position. 

Using Phonefind, a protocol that obtains location data from the casualty's phone, the Team was able to locate the walkers and a hasty-party of Team volunteers was dispatched to meet up with them. The group was provided with warm clothing, food and water, and the group was escorted down off the mountain via the Foxes path. 

A further group of rescuers, carrying more clothing and lighting, met up with the party a little lower down the hill to help with the walk-off.
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Everyone was safely off the mountain by 10:30 p.m.

At around 5:30 p.m. on Tues 16th July a woman posted on Facebook that she had found a man on Cader Idris with no food and in a dehydrated state and that she needed help. The post was spotted by one of the woman's friends who alerted North Wales Police, who in turn contacted Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team call-handlers.

Initial inquiries and strategies did not provide any further information about the location, and attempts to contact the informant’s phone repeatedly would not connect. With little information to work with, it was decided to send a hasty party of Team volunteers up the Minffordd path and also the Pony Path; the mountain was reasonably busy so it was hoped that these parties would either encounter the casualty or speak to someone who had seen where they were.

As volunteers were making their way to the foot of the mountain, North Wales Police were informed that the woman and her partner had managed to walk the man down to the Minffordd car park where she had managed to find a phone signal. The hasty-parties were stood down, but a small number of volunteers continued to Minffordd to assess the casualty and arrange further help if required.

As Team volunteers spoke with the casualty, a man in his 50’s and from the Caerphilly area, a confused picture emerged; it seemed that the man had travelled to the area with a friend by bus, and had camped on the mountain the previous night. He had last seen his friend near the summit shortly after 9:00 a.m. and for some reason the pair had gone in different directions shortly afterwards. The man could not supply contact details for his friend, although did provide a home address for his parents in Caerphilly.

Given the time elapsed since the two went their separate ways, it was unclear whether the second man was still on the mountain. Team volunteers checked likely routes that the man might be walking into town, and North Wales and Gwent Police forces made enquiries based on home address information. Shortly after 9:00 p.m. the Police were able to contact a relative and confirm that the second man was safe and at his home address.

Everyone was heading homewards by 9:20 p.m.

Shortly after 4:15 p.m. the Team was requested to assist in the search for three children lost in open ground north of Tywyn.

The children, all under 13 years old, had crossed the Bailey Bridge coming south and had then got lost amongst the field systems, reporting themselves "trapped by ditches."

Team volunteers joined one of the parents and North Wales Police Officers in the search, and with only a few places likely to match the description, the group was quickly located.