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A climber was rescued from a ledge on Traprain Law by Border Search and Rescue Team members on Saturday afternoon. The individual was uninjured. In a separate incident on Sunday, a casualty with a suspected broken wrist was attended by ambulance in Dunbar.
Outcome: rescued uninjured by Border Search and Rescue Team
Two climbers fell from Green Gully on Ben Nevis. One sustained significant injuries and was winched to hospital by Lochaber Mountain Rescue team.
Outcome: injured climber winched to hospital
The Mountain Rescue team reported three fatalities over a five-day period while responding to multiple callouts in the area. They issued a safety reminder stressing the importance of being adequately prepared for winter conditions when walking in the hills.
Outcome: Fatalities reported; safety reminder issued
A 28-year-old climber died on Ben Nevis on 9 March 2022, with 23 other people rescued in multiple separate incidents across the mountain. Two soldiers assisting stranded climbers sustained minor injuries requiring hospital treatment. The incidents occurred during challenging winter conditions with snow and ice coverage.
Outcome: one fatality, 23 people safely evacuated
A walker became crag-fast on High Crag buttress at Buttermere while attempting to retrieve her two dogs that had become stuck on the crag. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called by mountain bikers who heard shouts for help and located the casualty in the dark and windy conditions. The walker and both dogs were safely rescued using fixed rope systems and escorted back to their vehicle.
Outcome: casualty and both dogs safely rescued and reunited at vehicle
A 54-year-old man died after falling from the main ridge of An Teallach in Wester Ross on 1 March 2022. Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team, Police Scotland, and HM Coastguard helicopter attended and recovered the body. Emergency services confirmed the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Outcome: casualty pronounced dead at scene
A six-year-old child and a 29-year-old man fell approximately 300 feet down the side of Fyrish Hill near Alness in the Scottish Highlands. The child sustained a fractured leg and was lowered by rope system to a forestry track before being airlifted to Raigmore Hospital; the man suffered minor injuries and walked off the hill with assistance.
Outcome: child airlifted to hospital with fractured leg, man walked off with minor injuries
A man suffered a suspected heart attack on Goatfell, Ayrshire's highest peak on the Isle of Arran. The Arran Mountain Rescue Team deployed two Argo Cats and a helicopter to the location, assessed the casualty, and evacuated him by stretcher to hospital for treatment.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by helicopter and stretcher to hospital
Two climbers from a four-man group became cragfast on Llech Ddu Spur in Snowdonia during winter conditions and required rescue by Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue. The other two members of the party descended and left their companions behind. Both cragfast climbers were brought to safety by helicopter-assisted rescue in a four-hour operation.
Outcome: two climbers rescued by helicopter and rope handlines; reunited with party
A hamster and its owners, including an 11-year-old girl, became cold and wet during a waterfall walk in the Brecon Beacons that took longer than expected and continued into darkness. Central Beacons Mountain Rescue located the group and provided assistance to warm them up. All members of the party, including the hamster, were uninjured.
Outcome: all located and warmed by rescue team, no injuries
A climber suffered a broken leg after falling on Comb Gully on Ben Nevis and was airlifted to hospital by Coastguard helicopter. On the same day, Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team responded to three separate incidents on the mountain, also assisting two climbers who became crag-fast overnight on Tower Ridge and a couple stuck on Tower Gully.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital by Coastguard helicopter; other casualties guided down safely
A hill runner from Aberdour fell on West Lomond on Sunday morning, sustaining a broken leg, torn ligaments and an ankle injury. The Ochils Mountain Rescue Team and a coastguard helicopter attended, and the casualty was stretchered down and airlifted to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital by coastguard helicopter
A woman slipped and injured her lower leg while descending Sugar Loaf, a hill on the Herefordshire border between Hereford and Abergavenny. Longtown Mountain Rescue Team attended and provided medical aid, splinted her leg, and stretchered her off the hill for hospital treatment.
Outcome: casualty stretchered off hill and taken to hospital
A hill runner was injured in the West Lomond area near Loch Lomond and required airlifting by rescue helicopter. Ochils Mountain Rescue Team and police responded to the incident, with a doctor and stretcher team assisting the casualty who was evacuated to hospital.
Outcome: airlifted to hospital by helicopter
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team responded to a group of paddle boarders in difficulty on Ullswater. Two females were recovered from the water suffering from mild hypothermia and transferred to the ambulance service; the remainder of the group had reached the shore safely.
Outcome: two casualties recovered and treated for mild hypothermia, discharged at scene
A 25-year-old man died after falling approximately 60 metres from the rock face in West Gully on Glyder Fach in Snowdonia on Sunday 30 January. Emergency services including Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team, coastguard helicopter and North Wales Police attended the scene; the casualty was found unconscious and pronounced dead. The fall may have been caused by rockfall, and rescue teams worked in deteriorating weather to recover the body and assist the casualty's climbing partner and two other climbers who had witnessed the incident.
Outcome: casualty died at scene; body recovered by rescue teams after 10 hours
Outcome: Casualty attended to by assisting team.
A hillwalker fell approximately 300 feet to his death on Ben Nevis while attempting the Carn Mor Dearg Arête route in treacherous icy conditions. He slipped on a clear ice glaze and fell in front of a companion, who raised the alarm. His body was recovered after a two-day search operation by Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team.
Outcome: fatality - body recovered after two-day search
Two people were injured near Dovestone Reservoir in Saddleworth on 23 January 2022. Emergency services including firefighters, police, ambulance, air ambulance, and two mountain rescue teams responded just after midday. The incident was scaled down and handed to the mountain rescue team and ambulance service; the severity of injuries was not immediately disclosed.
Outcome: incident scaled down, handed to mountain rescue team and ambulance service
A walker in his late 50s fell approximately 5 metres on the east ridge of Y Garn in Snowdonia, sustaining a serious ankle and foot injury. An eight-hour rescue operation by Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation and Llanberis MRT involved rope work and stretcher evacuation, with helicopter assistance prevented by weather conditions. The casualty was conveyed to hospital for treatment.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to hospital
A family of two from London and their pet hamster became lost during a walk in the Brecon Beacons area of Wales when the weather deteriorated. Central Beacons Mountain Rescue located them using the What3Words app and assisted them back to their vehicle safely.
Outcome: located safely and walked back to car
A walker sustained a lower leg injury after slipping while descending from the summit of Sugarloaf. A local mountain rescue team member was able to reach the casualty quickly, providing shelter and treatment before she was safely carried off the hill.
Outcome: Rescued with lower leg injury
An experienced walker slipped and injured his knee on snowy and icy Black Hill near Craswall on the Welsh border. Longtown Mountain Rescue Team, assisted by West Mercia Police, located him after a seven-hour search across multiple routes and evacuated him to hospital.
Outcome: casualty evacuated to hospital by ambulance
A female walker slipped on snow and sustained a serious ankle injury on Pen-y-Fan in the Brecon Beacons on 5 January. Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team and Brecon Mountain Rescue Team attended, treated her with pain relief, and evacuated her by stretcher to an awaiting ambulance. The rescue teams used the incident to advise walkers on preparing for winter conditions in the mountains.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to awaiting ambulance