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Rescue for group stuck on Snowdonia scramble

Four men were rescued from a Snowdonia scrambling route after getting stuck retreating from a ridge. The men in their early 20s and from Cheshire c...

Search dog handler finds body in hunt for missing mountaineer

Rescuers searching for a missing man in Snowdonia have found a body. The man was found by a member of the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation...

Airlifts for stuck walkers and injured Scout leader from Snowdonia peaks

Two men had to be rescued after getting stuck on a Snowdonia mountain. The pair from Manchester scrambled up the North Ridge of Tryfan on Sunday af...

Second rescue in eight days for walker on Snowdonia mountain

A walker was airlifted from a Snowdonia mountain for the second time in eight days. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation was called out on Thu...

Cragfast scramblers rescued after straying on to climbing area

A Good Friday scramble ended with two people having to be rescued after they got stuck after straying on to steep ground on a Snowdonia mountain.

Women rescued after getting stuck on scramble route

Two women were rescued from a scrambling route in Snowdonia after getting stuck. Members of the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation turned ou...

Third callout for rescuers on same mountain as family gets into trouble

A family called for help after getting stuck coming down a mountain. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team went to the aid of the husband and wife and ...

Walker airlifted after injury halts mountain descent

A woman was airlifted from a Snowdonia mountain after an injury left her unable to reach the valley. The 18-year-old was with a large walking group...

Rescuers praise injured walker who hobbled off a mountain

Rescuers have praised an injured walker who managed to hobble to the base of a mountain with their help.

Two rescues in two days as scramblers get stuck on Snowdonia ridge

A mountain rescue team was called out two days running to help walkers who got into difficulties on a Snowdonia scrambling ridge.

Police appeal for sightings of missing Snowdonia walker

Police are appealing for help to find a hillwalker who has been missing for four days. Christopher Whitfield set off on Sunday to go walking in Sno...

Rescuers find stuck scramblers using smartphone system

A mountain rescue team used an internet system devised by one of its own members to locate a couple cragfast on a Snowdonia mountain.

Easter incidents keep mountain rescue team busy

A mountain rescue team had to deal with a series of incidents over the Easter period. Ogwen Mountain Rescue Organisation also had to contend with a...

Mountain rescuer airlifted after suffering injury on callout

A mountain rescue team member had to be airlifted to hospital after he slipped and injured his ankle after helping rescue two climbers who were stuck.

Tricky rescue as woman airlifted to hospital after fall from scramble

A woman was airlifted to hospital after suffering head and leg injuries in a fall from a scrambling route.

Injured man airlifted from mountain as nine rescued in poor weather

A walker was airlifted to hospital after falling from a ridge and injuring his head. The man was with a party of five from York who got into diffic...

The great outdoors in 2011: the year in view

Our customary look-back at the past year provides a mix of triumph and controversy; tragedy and humour, with a few heroic acts.

The Dragon's Back is back: 200-mile mountain race is revived

One of the hardest challenge races ever run – over the mountains of Wales, from north coast to south –will be staged again, 20 years after the first, and so far only event.