At around 4:30 p.m. Team call-handlers were made aware of two overdue walkers on Cader Idris.
The pair, a man and a woman in their early 20s and visiting from USA, had made an early start on the Minffordd path up the mountain and had reached the summit shortly after 11:00 a.m. with the man's father. The father had returned by the same route to pick up the car, whilst the others intended to descend to Ty Nant via the pony path and meet him there.
The pair made several attempts to find the pony path, but in the end had to return to the summit and retrace their steps down the Minffordd path. The situation was then compounded by the fact that the "missing" pair and the father were now both at car-parks on opposite sides of the mountain with no mobile coverage.
Team volunteers checked the likely exit points from the mountains, and the missing woman was found at Minffordd. Her partner had been given a lift by a member of the public and was on his way to Ty Nant at the bottom of the pony path. With the use of Team radios to overcome communication challenges the individual parties were made aware of the situation, and quickly reunited.
The pair, a man and a woman in their early 20s and visiting from USA, had made an early start on the Minffordd path up the mountain and had reached the summit shortly after 11:00 a.m. with the man's father. The father had returned by the same route to pick up the car, whilst the others intended to descend to Ty Nant via the pony path and meet him there.
The pair made several attempts to find the pony path, but in the end had to return to the summit and retrace their steps down the Minffordd path. The situation was then compounded by the fact that the "missing" pair and the father were now both at car-parks on opposite sides of the mountain with no mobile coverage.
Team volunteers checked the likely exit points from the mountains, and the missing woman was found at Minffordd. Her partner had been given a lift by a member of the public and was on his way to Ty Nant at the bottom of the pony path. With the use of Team radios to overcome communication challenges the individual parties were made aware of the situation, and quickly reunited.