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A man missing near Ullapool in Wester Ross was located by search dog Rona in difficult terrain at Inverlael. He was extracted safely by Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team and found to be uninjured.
Outcome: located uninjured and extracted by 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 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 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
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 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 Scottish hillwalker died from a heart attack during a significant rescue operation in the Scottish hills. The incident prompted a large-scale rescue mission response.
Outcome: fatality
A 75-year-old hillwalker suffered cardiac arrest near Torduff reservoir in Edinburgh on Boxing Day and was pronounced dead at the scene. Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue and other emergency services attended but were unable to revive the casualty.
Outcome: casualty pronounced dead at scene
An injured walker was airlifted from Conic Hill near Loch Lomond by Lomond Mountain Rescue Team on Christmas Day after sustaining lower leg injuries. The casualty was evacuated by helicopter to safety.
Outcome: airlifted to safety by helicopter
A young man suffered a medical incident on Skirrid Fawr in the Black Mountains on the Herefordshire-Wales border. Mountain rescue medics treated him on the hill, stretchered him off, and he was taken to hospital. The rescue involved cooperation between Longtown Mountain Rescue Team and other emergency services.
Outcome: casualty treated by mountain rescue medics, stretchered off hill and taken to hospital
Two climbers were injured when one slipped and fell on top of the other while descending a waterfall gully on Tryfan in Snowdonia. Both men fell approximately 3 metres; the more seriously injured casualty was airlifted to hospital by coastguard helicopter, while the second casualty walked off the mountain with assistance.
Outcome: more serious casualty airlifted to Ysbyty Gwynedd; second casualty walked down with help