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Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team was dispatched to the summit of Ben Nevis on Friday afternoon to assist two walkers who were suffering from exhaustion. The team navigated deep snow to reach the individuals and subsequently assisted them down to a safe location by a Can-Am vehicle.
Outcome: Safe descent and recovery
The Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team responded to Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park on 15 January after a walker sustained a lower leg injury on a steep section of the hill around 3.30pm. The casualty was assisted by the rescue team and Scottish Ambulance Service, with the team departing the scene at approximately 7pm.
Outcome: casualty extracted and assisted by rescue team and ambulance service
Mountain Rescue Team members responded to assist with the rescue of an injured paraglider on Green Hill near Tinto Hill. The casualty was assessed by multiple services and subsequently winched into a helicopter for transport to a major trauma centre.
Outcome: Transported to hospital for treatment
A 36-year-old runner fell to his death from Crib Goch ridge on Snowdon while attempting to reach his dog. He suffered catastrophic injuries and died at the scene. An inquest recorded a conclusion of accidental death.
Outcome: casualty died at scene
The team supported a major multi-agency operation following the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb in Exmouth. Volunteers assisted with the evacuation of residents from properties within an expanding exclusion zone over two days.
Outcome: Incident managed by multiple agencies; no casualties reported.
Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team was called out on 13 January to assist a walker with a lower leg injury on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh. The team worked with Scottish Ambulance Service to extract the casualty, with all personnel off the hill by 18:57.
Outcome: casualty extracted with assistance from Scottish Ambulance Service
A member of the public sustained a suspected lower leg fracture after slipping and falling on Saddle Tor. Multiple agencies provided care, including shelter, pain relief, and immobilization before the casualty was safely transported to a waiting ambulance.
Outcome: Transported from scene
Two teenagers guided five people and a dog safely off Striding Edge after one member of the group suffered a panic attack during winter conditions. The group were inadequately equipped for the technical winter terrain, but were assisted by the experienced young climbers and two other bystanders. Patterdale Mountain Rescue subsequently praised the teenagers for their actions and invited them to their base.
Outcome: group guided safely off mountain by bystanders
Outcome: The body was recovered by the team.
A hillwalker sustained a knee injury while descending Ben Lomond on 11 January 2026 in icy conditions. Lomond Mountain Rescue Team attended and evacuated the casualty by stretcher from the frozen slopes to the main car park. Pain relief was administered and the casualty was transferred safely despite difficult weather conditions.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to main car park
A man in his 70s suffered a medical episode and collapsed on Helvellyn above Red Tarn near Swirral Edge on Saturday afternoon. Despite immediate first aid from bystanders and medical professionals, along with assistance from Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team, Helimed 08, and the Coastguard helicopter, he was pronounced dead. His body was recovered by mountain rescue and helicopter crews.
Outcome: fatality
A camper stranded on Nethermost Pike during a winter storm was rescued by Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team on 11 January 2026. The casualty was found in a collapsed tent suffering from hypothermia risk due to extreme wind and snow conditions. The 10-hour operation involved 28 team members from Patterdale and Penrith MRT, with Coastguard helicopter support standing down as the casualty was safely brought off the fell.
Outcome: casualty evacuated safely by foot with MRT assistance
Outcome: The two walkers were found uninjured but hypothermic and required assistance before being assessed as fit to walk down the hill.
The team attended an incident where a female was found on a muddy track after sustaining a fall and suspected leg injury. Following assessment at the scene, she was splinted for a deformed ankle and then safely stretchered to the road head for handover to paramedics.
Outcome: Transported to medical professionals
The team was called out to assist with a stretcher carry from the summit of Ingleborough down to Chapel le Dale due to two walkers experiencing difficulties in atrocious weather. Despite initial requests for air support being unsuccessful due to severe conditions, both casualties were safely evacuated by ground crew and handed over to the ambulance service.
Outcome: Both casualties safely evacuated
The rescue was requested for a runner who was found to be hypothermic while undertaking the Spine Race on the Spine Race route. Although the safety team managed to access the casualty with a vehicle, the mountain rescue team responded to support the effort near Hawes.
Outcome: Casualty safely managed by other services
Mountain rescue teams responded to a callout on the upper slopes of Haytor Rocks after a female walker sustained a suspected lower leg fracture following a fall. Despite challenging conditions including darkness, gale-force winds, and heavy rain, the casualty was assessed, splinted, and safely transported back to the car park.
Outcome: Transported from scene
Five people and a dog became stranded on Striding Edge in winter conditions on 10 January 2026. Two teenage boys, among four helpers who intervened before professional rescue teams arrived, were later commended by Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team for their impressive mountain skills and quick thinking during the rescue.
Outcome: five people and a dog rescued
Two serious incidents occurred on Pen y Fan in Powys on 10 January 2026 during wintry conditions, requiring response from emergency services and volunteer mountain rescue teams. While most members of the public showed patience and kindness, one individual was criticised for displaying abusive behaviour towards a mountain rescue volunteer who was working to keep emergency access routes clear.
Outcome: casualties treated; injuries sustained by at least two people
Outcome: Discharged after assessment and monitoring.
Penrith Mountain Rescue Team responded to two incidents in early January 2026. First, they assisted in a multi-agency search for a missing person in the Howgill Fells near Sedbergh on 9–10 January, involving 16 team members and a search dog overnight. Second, on 11 January they were called to assist with a casualty on Dollywagon Pike, but the casualty was able to walk off the fell unaided, avoiding a stretcher evacuation in adverse weather.
Outcome: missing person search stood down; casualty walked off fell unaided
The team assisted the Lake District Search & Mountain Rescue Association with an ongoing search for a high-risk missing person over the 9th and 10th of January 2026. Although mountain rescuers and search dogs were provided by Bowland Pennine MRT, the individual remained outstanding after the nominated search area was completed.
Outcome: Unsuccessful (Person still missing)
Search and rescue teams were deployed during Storm Gorretti to locate a high-risk missing person in Exeter. The operation was stood down once the individual was found outside of the designated search area.
Outcome: Person located
Mountain rescue teams responded to several vehicles stranded on a mountain road near Llangynidr due to severe winter conditions brought by Storm Goretti. The team established a rendezvous point and evacuated the occupants to a local village for warmth and recovery.
Outcome: Occupants safely evacuated to a local village.