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A woman in her 50s fell and broke her ankle in three places while descending Ben Stack in September. She was rescued by a dozen members of Assynt Mountain Rescue Team, who carried out a rapid evacuation from the western slopes at approximately 1300 feet. Her husband is now fundraising £5000 for the team to purchase equipment and training.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by rescue team
A solo hillwalker sustained an ankle injury in the Mullardoch hills and was unable to continue walking. Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team located the walker and assisted them to the roadside at Mullardoch dam.
Outcome: assisted to roadside by rescue team
Torridon Mountain Rescue Team responded to two simultaneous emergencies on Saturday: a hypothermic hiker lost near the summit of Beinn Liath Mòr was winched to safety by Inverness Coastguard helicopter and airlifted to Raigmore Hospital, whilst a second group of walkers who lost the path descending Beinn Eighe were safely guided down by team members.
Outcome: hypothermic casualty airlifted to hospital; second group guided safely to their car
Two hill walkers became stranded on Sgurr Fiona after cloud cover descended around them on Friday 29 August. Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team located the walkers using phone tracking and guided them safely off the mountain. Both walkers were uninjured and returned to their accommodation.
Outcome: both walkers guided safely off mountain, uninjured
A rescue team was called out on Friday, 29th August 2025, to assist an 84-year-old male mountain biker who had fallen. The casualty was treated at the scene and subsequently transported by stretcher to a nearby car park for handover.
Outcome: Handed over to paramedics
A mountain biker required rescue in the Oldham area. The incident was covered by local press.
A man died after falling from a mountain ridge. The incident received press coverage and tributes were paid to the deceased.
Outcome: fatality
A vehicle left the road and went down an 80-foot embankment in Martindale in the Lake District. Mountain rescue assisted emergency services in extracting casualties from the crash. One casualty was airlifted to hospital by air ambulance.
Outcome: one casualty airlifted to hospital
A woman sustained an ankle injury after slipping whilst crossing a stream at Red Tarn in the Lake District. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team attended and provided treatment, splinting her ankle and administering pain relief before stretchering her from the hill. She was conveyed to hospital for further treatment.
Outcome: casualty treated and evacuated by stretcher to hospital
The team experienced a busy weekend with multiple call-outs. One notable rescue involved an eight-hour effort on Sgùrr Mhic Choinnich after a party of three became cragfast due to adverse weather conditions.
Outcome: All safely down
A member of a group of five hikers fell whilst descending the Bad Step on Striding Edge on 23 August 2025, prompting a callout to Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team. The casualty was assisted down the mountain safely by the team. One year later, the group completed a 21-mile charity walk to raise funds for the team that rescued them.
Outcome: casualty assisted down mountain safely by rescue team
Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team responded to eleven callouts over the August Bank Holiday Weekend (23–25 August). Incidents included lost walkers, multiple ankle injuries, an unwell person, a lost child, an injured cyclist, and a forestry-based multiple casualty incident. All incidents were concluded successfully with casualties evacuated and treated.
Outcome: all casualties assisted, evacuated and treated; all five incidents on 24 August concluded successfully; all eleven callouts concluded by 8:30pm Monday
A walker died from cardiac arrest while descending Tryfan on 23 August 2025, despite resuscitation efforts by mountain rescue and other walkers. The same weekend, two climbers who became stuck on the Pinnacle Rib route were rescued via technical rope rescue from a height of 100 metres and safely descended.
Outcome: casualty died; two climbers rescued
Two separate incidents occurred on Beinn Eighe and Maol Chean-dearg in the Torridon area on Saturday 23 August 2025. A walker became stuck in technical terrain on the Black Carls ridge on Beinn Eighe and was extracted by helicopter with team assistance. A runner attempting The Martin Moran Round fell on the descent from Maol Chean-dearg, breaking two bones in their hand, and walked themselves out before being collected by the team.
Outcome: walker extracted by helicopter and returned to base; runner walked out and received pain relief and immobilisation at base, confirmed hand fracture by x-ray
A walker suffered serious injuries in a 100-metre fall on Swirral Edge during the descent from Helvellyn on Saturday afternoon. He was treated at the scene by medics winched down by coastguard helicopter and airlifted to Royal Preston Hospital's major trauma unit. The rescue operation involved Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team and took approximately five hours.
Outcome: airlifted to Royal Preston Hospital major trauma unit by coastguard helicopter
A rescue team was called out by police Scotland to a male in his 70s who had suffered a medical incident on Sgurr nan Gillean. Despite efforts from the rescue team and companions, resuscitation was unsuccessful. The body was recovered to an accessible position for helicopter retrieval.
Outcome: Deceased
Moffat Mountain Rescue Team responded to a callout on Friday, 22nd August, to assist with the rescue of a walker who had sustained a suspected broken ankle near Knockendoch. Both Moffat and Galloway MRT members worked together to safely evacuate the casualty from the hillside before transferring them to paramedics for onward care.
Outcome: Evacuated and transferred to hospital
Outcome: Treated and transferred to paramedics
Outcome: Body recovered by rescue services.
A man fell near the Lower Clun Gwyn waterfall in the Brecon Beacons on 19 August, sustaining chest and shoulder injuries. A woman helping at the scene subsequently slipped and fell to a ledge below, suffering a head injury. Both casualties were treated by rescue teams and paramedics, with the man evacuated by stretcher to hospital and the woman carefully escorted from the gorge after assessment.
Outcome: man evacuated by stretcher to hospital; woman treated for head injury and escorted out of gorge
A woman fell approximately 10 metres head first whilst descending Yr Wyddfa via the Miners Trail on 18 August 2025, sustaining multiple broken ribs. Llanberis and Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue Teams responded and stabilised her for evacuation by Maritime and Coastguard Agency helicopter to Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital, where she is recovering well.
Outcome: evacuated by helicopter to hospital with multiple broken ribs, now recovering at home
A rescue team attended a call regarding an elderly male who had fallen within the disused quarry area of White Coppice on Monday afternoon. Following an assessment, it was determined that the casualty may have sustained a broken lower leg. The incident required assistance from neighbouring mountain rescue teams to safely transport the individual off the hill.
Outcome: Transported by ambulance
Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team responded to multiple incidents over the weekend of 14–17 August, including a missing person search, two fracture cases at waterfalls, an injured cyclist at a bike park, a walker with a knee laceration, and another missing person. All casualties were safely evacuated with medical assistance.
Outcome: all casualties evacuated by stretcher or carried to ambulance for hospital transfer; missing persons located safe and well
The body of a man was found during a search and rescue operation in the Mournes on 17 August after police received a report of an abandoned vehicle. Mourne Mountain Rescue Team and Search and Rescue Dog Association assisted in the search, with one of the rescue dogs locating the body within five minutes of arrival. Police have stated the death is not believed to be suspicious.
Outcome: body recovered