The man was rescued from Moel yr Hydd. Photo: Chris Andrews CC-BY-SA-2.0

A walker was rescued in an operation involving two teams after getting lost on a Snowdonia mountain.

Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue Team was called out about 7.20pm on Saturday to help a 33-year-old man from the Liverpool area who got lost in the area of Moel yr Hydd, Tanygrisiau.

A team spokesperson said the man had been out since about 11am walking in the area, and had become lost and disorientated following a drop in the cloudbase. He was well equipped for his walk the spokesperson said.

“The team deployed two Land Rover ambulances from its base at Porthmadog to the area, and the South Snowdonia Search and Rescue Team were also called to assist in the search,” the team spokesperson added.

“The casualty was swiftly located by using Sarloc, a smartphone application developed by Russ Hore from the Ogwen Valley mountain rescue team.

“If the walker in trouble is using a smartphone, then he or she is sent a text message with a link to a webpage.

“Clicking on this link opens a page in the phone’s browser which queries the phone to identify its location as a latitude-longitude coordinate.

“This location data is then displayed to the mountain rescue team call handler who can then see the casualty’s location displayed on a digital Ordnance Survey map.

“With a definitive grid reference, both teams deployed to the area, and successfully located the male in good time.”

He was then escorted off the hill to the foot of the Stwlan Dam, before returning to a local campsite for the evening.

Both teams were stood down about 9.50pm.