Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation
Walker in fatal Glyder Fach fall is named
A walker who died after falling 300ft from a Snowdonia mountain has been named. Guy Litchfield of Durweston, near Blandford Forum, Dorset, was pron...
Girl airlifted from scramble route after head injury
An eight-year-old girl was airlifted from a Snowdonia scrambling route after injuring her head in a fall.
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...
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...
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.
Climbers rescued in failing light after rope jams
Three climbers had to be rescued after getting into difficulties in failing light. The two women and a man, all in their 20s and from Nottingham, c...
Walker dies after 300ft fall from Snowdonia mountain
A walker died after falling 300ft from a Snowdonia mountain in an incident described by rescuers as a tragic accident.
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...
Snowdon walker's body found after major search
The body of a walker has been found on Wales’s highest mountain. The man, in his 20s, was found by rescuers on the East Ridge of Snowdon this mor...
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...
Man suffers head injuries in fall from Snowdonia scramble
A man was injured when a rock gave way as he was tackling a scrambling route in north Wales. The man, in his 50s, was with his wife and another mar...
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 ...