Snowdon

Coastguard releases footage of second rescue of Snowdon walkers from Crib Goch

Rescuers were called out to aid walkers stuck on a Snowdonia ridge for the second time in less than a fortnight.

27 December 2017

Two teams in seven-hour Snowdon rescues as walker gets stuck on Crib Goch

Two rescue teams were involved for more than seven hours in bringing to safety walkers in difficulties on the Snowdon massif.

05 November 2017

Irish rescue team member Kevin Hallahan dies in Crib Goch accident in Snowdonia

A volunteer from an Irish rescue team has died in an accident in Snowdonia. Kevin Hallahan of the Dublin and Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team was takin...

01 October 2017

Snowdon Partnership seeks views on plans for Wales's highest mountain

A consultation on the future of Wales’s highest mountain has begun. The Snowdon Partnership is seeking views on its plans for the mountain. Fe...

15 June 2017

Coastguard releases dramatic rescue footage after man injured in Crib Goch fall

A man was airlifted from a snowy ridge in Snowdonia after injuring himself. The Coastguard released dramatic footage of the rescue on Crib Goch on ...

07 March 2017

Rescuers praise 'two wise men' who sat out night on Tryfan climb

Mountain rescuers in Snowdonia have praised ‘two wise men’ who volunteered to sit out the night on a mountain rather than call out team members.

08 January 2017

Llanberis mountain rescuers: 'we can't sustain present level of callouts'

The UK’s busiest volunteer mountain rescue team said it cannot sustain the present level of callouts, following a record number during August.

05 September 2016

Giant Snowdonia art display reflects epic adventure landscape

Visitors to Snowdonia will be able to reflect on an epic new addition to the mountain scenery. Four giant letters have been erected in the shadow o...

21 July 2016

Kenneth Hands named as Snowdon walker who died in fall from Crib Goch

A man who died after falling from a ridge in Snowdonia has been named. Kenneth Steven Hands, of Oldbury in the West Midlands, came off Crib Goch on...

12 April 2016

Adventurer Phoebe Smith gives up Christmas to sleep on Three Peaks for charity

A writer and adventurer will forsake Christmas with her family to sleep out on Britain’s three national highest peaks to raise cash for the homeless.

20 December 2017

Rescuer and teen son will attempt National Three Peaks Challenge for Calder Valley team

A rescuer and his teenage son will tackle the National Three Peaks Challenge to raise funds for his team.

23 October 2017

Walker dies after falling 200ft from Pyg Track on Snowdon

A walker has died after falling more than 200ft on Wales’s highest mountain. Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team was alerted about 6.30pm on Monday af...

02 August 2017

Walkers planning Three Peaks Challenge need to prepare carefully, say experts

Anyone planning to tackle the national Three Peaks Challenge needs to prepare carefully, experts said.

10 May 2017

Work will almost double car park spaces at foot of Snowdon Ranger Path

A car park at the foot of one of the routes to Wales’s highest mountain is to have its capacity almost doubled.

13 February 2017

Be prepared for Arctic conditions, rescuers warn Snowdon walkers

One of Britain’s busiest rescue teams has reminded walkers heading for the mountains to expect Arctic conditions.

05 January 2017

More than 30 Snowdonia rescuers called out after helicopter catches fire on Yr Aran

More than 30 mountain rescue team members were called out after a military helicopter caught fire after a forced landing on a Snowdonia peak.

09 August 2016

Alan Hinkes joins Everest avalanche survivor in Snowdon Nepal fundraiser

A record-breaking British climber joined a man who narrowly escaped an Everest avalanche to raise cash for Nepal with a trip to Wales’s highest mountain.

27 April 2016

Snowdon walker dies after falling 'significant distance' from Crib Goch

A walker has died after falling from a ridge in Snowdonia. The man, in his 30s, was with two others attempting to descend Crib Goch on Saturday whe...

11 April 2016

Pages

<< < > >>

Your account


 

Follow our updates


 

Pages

<< < > >>