Skye Mountain Rescue Team

Search continues for missing Skye hillwalker Oliver Smith

A major search is continuing for a walker lost on the Isle of Skye. Oliver Smith failed to return to his holiday accommodation after setting out to...

09 April 2013

Skye rescuers find body on Cuillin range

Rescuers searching for a missing walker on Skye have found a body. Police said a man’s body was found yesterday on the Cuillin range. Extensiv...

30 December 2012

Conditions worsen for Skye rescuers searching for injured Cuillin walker

Rescuers are continuing their search in worsening conditions for a walker who fell from one of Scotland’s most challenging ranges.

28 December 2012

Walker airlifted from Cuillin peak after fall

A man was airlifted from a Hebridean mountain after falling and injuring his head. The 54-year-old was on Sgùrr Dubh Mòr in the Cuillin on Skye y...

21 July 2012

Climbers warned to avoid death-fall route

Climbers are being advised to avoid a route on the Skye Cuillin where a woman died. South African Tessa Cousins was killed in May when her climbing...

28 June 2011

Woman dies and three seriously hurt in Skye climbing accident

A woman has died in a climbing accident which left three others injured. The climber was belaying the lead man when he dislodged a rock and fell ab...

31 May 2011

Police warning to walkers after pair stranded on Skye

Police appealed to walkers to watch out for changeable weather and shorter days after two walkers had to be led to safety when they were stranded by rising water levels in mountain streams.

29 October 2010

Walker airlifted after Skye fall

A man was airlifted from a Skye mountain after injuring himself. Members of the Skye Mountain Rescue Team were alerted about 11.30am after the walk...

18 June 2010

Walking pair injured in Skye fall

A walker was airlifted from a Scottish ridge after falling 15m (50ft) and injuring his head. The 59-year-old man was with his 52-year-old wife when...

27 May 2010

Man who died after Cuillin fall was local Mountain Guide Graham Paterson

Police have named the man who died in the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye as Mountain Guide Graham Paterson.

30 December 2012

Search on Skye for injured Cuillin walker continues into third day

The search for an injured walker on the Isle of Skye was suspended overnight as weather worsened. Police received reports from a member of the publ...

29 December 2012

Search continues on Skye for injured Cuillin walker

A search for a missing walker has resumed on a Scottish island. Police were alerted about 2.30pm yesterday that a man had been injured in a fall on...

28 December 2012

Man airlifted after munro fall leads to head injury

A man was airlifted from a munro after injuring his head in a fall. The man, in his 60s, fell about 15m (49ft) today on Sgùrr Dubh Mòr in the Cui...

12 July 2012

Man airlifted after Cuillin injury

A man was rescued after injuring himself near a peak on the Cuillin on Skye today. Members of the Skye Mountain Rescue Team went to the aid of the ...

08 June 2011

One dead and three injured in Cuillin rockfall

One person has died and another three people have been injured following a rockfall on the Cuillin ridge on Skye.

31 May 2011

Highland rescuers find body as search continues for second man

Rescuers searching for a missing man in the Highlands have found a body. Alexander Ronald Adam, 23, had last been seen in the Cluanie area of Inver...

30 September 2010

Man injured in fall from Skye's top peak

A walker was airlifted to hospital after falling from a peak in the Cuillin on Skye. The 57-year-old, from the West Midlands, suffered a suspected ...

07 June 2010

Body found after Skye search

Rescuers have found the body of a walker who went missing on Skye. Skye Mountain Rescue team were joined in a search by the Stornoway Coastguard he...

10 May 2010

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