A walker slipped while descending Cadair Idris, sustaining a suspected fracture to the right forearm. With worsening weather and approaching darkness, the casualty party continued their descent while the team deployed to meet them. The casualty was assessed and escorted off the mountain before self-referring to a hospital closer to home.
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A motorcyclist fell near Llangynog, and the attending ambulance crew requested assistance for evacuation. The team prepared to deploy, but due to time constraints and poor weather affecting helicopter availability, additional fire service personnel assisted on scene. The casualty was transferred to the ambulance, and the team was stood down.
Two walkers became disoriented after taking a wrong turn off the summit of Cadair Idris, ending up on the north side of the mountain. Using SARLOC technology, the team guided them safely to Ty Nant road, enabling them to make their own way back to their vehicle.
A work-related incident was reported involving a neck and back injury approximately 400 meters from vehicle access. Due to limited site access, stretcher or 4x4 extraction was considered. Team members began deploying, but the response was stood down when an air ambulance attended the scene.
With winds gusting up to 70 mph, team members ventured out into the storm to rescue two young walkers who were stranded in the summit shelter. The walkers had asked ChatGPT about what to take up a mountain and were relatively well equipped and using a foil blanket. However they had also used ChatGPT to check the weather and it had not appropriately prepared them to be out in a named storm. They once again asked ChatGPT what to do while in the summit shelter, and called us for help.
Team members reached the hikers just before 10 PM, bringing hot drinks and warm clothing to help them cope with the harsh conditions. Despite the wild weather, they safely guided everyone down by half past midnight. Our team responded to a call for help from a couple who had lost their way after climbing Cadair Idris from Ty Nant, with batteries running low, a small team set out at 7pm and reached them, though in the meantime, one of them injured their ankle, our dedicated team quickly provided support, enabling them to make a slow but safe descent, off the hill just after 9 PM.  At 6pm, a team member out walking on Cadair Idris came across a walker who was unable to continue. They assisted for several hours, but it became clear that further help was needed. Team members deployed and carried out medical assessments alongside a passing doctor. The walker was stretchered off the mountain.   At 11:30pm, the team was contacted about a horse stuck in a ditch near Arthog. The incident was passed to HM Coastguard for specialist assistance.
A member of a group was suffering from leg cramps right at the summit of Cadair Idris. With SARLOC tracking their progress, team members headed up via Mynydd Moel to meet them. The two groups met halfway down the fence line, and the presence of the team was a welcome relief to the party.
on Wednesday 4 team members went to assisting our neighbouring team and Dyfen Powys Police with a search of a missing person in Hafren Forest covering further areas which hadn't been searched the previous day. The search was resolved in the afternoon.
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