The dog was carried down the crag in the jacket of rescuer Brian Robbins. Photo: Mike Pinches

A search for a fallen walker by a Snowdonia mountain rescue turned up a mystery dog.

Members of the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation could find no trace of a human casualty after the Sunday lunchtime callout to Y Garn, but did discover a black and white jack russell stuck on a ledge on the mountain.

The North Wales Police helicopter flew over the area after passing walkers raised the alarm after seeing the dog on the crags at the back of Cwm Cywion, north-west of the mountain summit.

Chris Lloyd of the Ogwen Valley team said: “The helicopter could not find a fallen walker, so the team went to retrieve the dog.

“A search later on by 22 Squadron from RAF Valley, who were in the area, also proved negative.

“Team members took some time to be able to locate the dog, having walked in from the bottom of the cwm and of course the dog had been spotted from the ridge above.

The dog is brought down the cliff. Photo: Pete Edwards

“With failing light, steep broken ground and poor ground conditions, it was decided that the rescue be left until Monday morning. They had managed to get within about 25m of the dog but access was extremely poor.”

Mr Lloyd said another team of four went to the site this morning. “Once again they had to cope with poor steep ground but eventually were able to climb up and rescue the little bitch,” he said.

“She was tucked into Brian Robbins’s jacket and he abseiled down.

“The dog was without collar and has been taken to the vet to check for a microchip. But no one has reported a missing dog.”