Shortly before 9:00 a.m. the Team was requested to help in the search for a vulnerable person missing from Fairbourne.

The Team was tasked with searching the Mawddach Trail, but just as sweeps got underway, North Wales Police confirmed that the person had been located.

At around 1:30 p.m. Team call handlers were made aware of a missing child on Cader Idris.

The 9 year old boy had been climbing the mountain via the Minffordd path with his father. The child was ranging ahead in the sunshine and was last spotted on the west ridge before the summit. When the father reached the summit he was shocked to see that the son was not there as expected and raised the alarm.

A Team volunteer, already on the mountain, was quickly able to make contact with the father at the summit and get a detailed account of events. Team members were deployed to all major routes off the mountain to contain the search area and quiz descending walkers. Given the age of the missing person, air support was requested and the Coast Guard Helicopter R936, which was already airborne, arrived on scene quickly. Just as plans for search taskings were being formulated, North Wales Police received a call saying the boy had been found, alive and well and walking down the Foxes path on the wrong side of the mountain.

As Team volunteers met up with the child, the father was escorted down by a Team member and a Snowdonia National Park Ranger. The pair were reunited at Ty Nant car park and given a lift back around the mountain to their own car in a team vehicle.

Shortly after 2:00 a.m. the Team was requested to help in the search for a missing man in the Tywyn area.

Search parties of Team volunteers completed their search taskings and were stood down at around 6:30 a.m.

At around 9:30 a.m. Team call-handlers were made aware of a party of walkers lost in poor visibility on Cader Idris.

The walkers, in their early 20's, had become disorientated in low cloud between Pen y Gader and Mynydd Moel, and although carrying a map and compass, were unable to use these tools to find their position in visibility reported to be down to 10m at times.

Using PhoneFind protocols, the teams were able to remotely pin-point the walkers and give them instructions on how to regain the path. Progress was monitored by phone and the party were able to successfully get down off the mountain.

"Conditions on the mountain were as per the weather forecast" said Team spokesperson Graham O'Hanlon. "The mountains can be an enjoyable and invigorating place to be in a wide range of weather conditions, but it remains the responsibility of those heading into the hills to ensure that their equipment,  skill-set and emergency provision matches the prevailing and expected conditions."

"We hope this experience will encourage the walkers to pay more attention to the weather forecast when making route choices, or to take steps to fill in the gaps in their navigational skills. Ideally both" added Graham.


At around 2:00 p.m. the Team was contacted with regard to an injured man, again on Cader Idris.
The man, in his early 60's, had taken a tumbling fall whilst descending the Minffordd Path from the summit. He had sustained a suspected fractured elbow along with a head and chest injury, but, aided by his companion, was able to continue down as Team volunteers made their way up to meet him. The injuries were stabilised by Team casualty Carers, and the man was escorted down off the mountain. 

 Whilst providing support for the annual Ras y Gader fell race, Team volunteers were faced with two seperate but simultaneous incidents on Cader Idris.

At the top of the zig-zags on the Pony Path, at a junction known as "the 560", a runner suffered a bad leg sprain, quite close to the position of a Team vehicle monitoring the race. The man found walking difficult but was not in great pain when resting.

In the meantime, a runner suffered more serious lower leg injuries near the Pen y Gader summit. The woman was attended to by Team volunteers and race marshalls, and given her injuries a helicopter evacuation was requested. With the local Coast Guard helicopter already deployed elsewhere, R187 was dispatched from St. Athan in South Wales. The woman was airlifted to Bronglais Hospital for further assessment and treatment.

Once the summit incident was resolved, volunteers made their way downhill, and the runner at 560 was given a lift down the mountain in a Team vehicle.

Shortly after 2.00 a.m.  Team call-handlers were made aware of a man with an injured knee in the hills above Tre'r-ddol near Borth.

The 19 year old man from Aberystwyth had slipped whilst walking. With failing battery power on his mobile, the man had managed to call the coastguard on a marine VHF channel. The coastguard rescue team located and stabilised the man as the Mountain Rescue Team was contacted. A stretcher party and cas carers from the Team helped splint and load the man, and then lower him down the steep slope to waiting team vehicles. 

With no ambulance immediately available, a Team member dropped the casualty at Bronglais hospital for further assessment. Everyone was back at base by 06:30 a.m.

At around 9:00 p.m. the Team was alerted to a missing quad-biker in the Dyfi forest.

The 30 year old man from Liverpool had become separated from a group of riders after his bike became stuck. By the time he had freed the machine the others were no longer in sight.

The man turned up just as a call-out was about to be sent to the team.

At around 9:15 a.m. the Team received a request to assist our neighbouring team, Brecon, in an ongoing search for a vulnerable missing person.

After around 12 hours in difficult overgrown terrain, the Aberdyfi Party completed their search taskings and were stood down. The search remains open pending further Police enquiries.

At around 5:15 p.m., and while a  number of the Team were already deployed on a missing person search in Aberystwyth, call handlers from the Team were made aware of two walkers and their two dogs stranded in low cloud and rain at the top of cliffs on Cader Idris.

Using the SARLOC system, the Team was able obtain an accurate location for the pair. As a Rescue party of Team volunteers was deployed up the hill, a call handler, knowing the location and the terrain, was able to give verbal instruction to move the pair to safer ground and then to steer them towards the approaching rescuers.

Having met up, the walkers were checked over and walked down off the hill, with everyone safely back at the car park by 10.p.m.

At around midday, call-handlers from the Team were made aware of a man with a leg injury near the summit of Cader Idris.

The 38 year old man from Birmingham  had felt pain in his thigh climbing up, but reached the summit along the pony path in a good time of around 2h. However, after stopping for some lunch the leg seized up to the point that he could no longer load-bear. 

A Snowdonia National Park ranger was on scene fairly quickly and was able to confirm the need for transport off the hill. A stretcher party was already making its way uphill at this point. The summit location would have meant a long and difficult carry-off for the Team, so it was agreed to request the Coastguard helicopter, R936, to provide evacuation for the casualty. 

Once R936 was overhead, the stretcher party were put on hold. The casualty was lifted down to the Minffordd landing site and transferred to a Team vehicle, and the hill party returned to base. The casualty declined ambulance assessment, and was transported back to Ty Nant to meet up with the rest of his party.