The rescued dog. Photo: Dave Brown/OVMRO

A small dog and its owners were rescued after straying onto steep ground on a Snowdonia mountain.

Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation was alerted on Friday afternoon to the incident on Tryfan.

Chris Lloyd of the team said a man, his teenage son and their young dog made the scramble ascent of the mountain on a cool, fine winter afternoon.

“On their descent of the North Ridge, they followed footprints in the snow, until they lost them,” he said. “They followed what seemed a descent route, but this led them down a gully, which they scrambled down until reaching the chockstone.

“Being late in the afternoon and not having torches, they wisely called for mountain rescue.”

The team leader initially had difficulty establishing the pair’s exact location.

Mr Lloyd said: “The father was able to send a photograph which was identified as Nor Nor Gully which is on the East Face and not West as reported.

The rescue scene in the gully. Photo: Dave Brown/OVMRO

“A team of four was deployed to the top of the gully to set up a rope system and a team of three was deployed to receive the pair and dog at the bottom of the gully on Heather Terrace.

“A team member was lowered to collect one ‘casualty’ and deliver them to the gully bottom. This was followed by a second member being lowered to repeat the operation. The little dog was secured in a harness for his descent.”

Team members and the rescued walkers and their animal were off the mountain by 11pm.