Incident reports

Cockermouth Mountain Rescue attended to a man in his late 70s at Buttermere who was unable to continue walking due to heat exhaustion during exceptionally warm weather. The casualty was located near Buttermere Moss below Robinson and was evacuated by stretcher.

Outcome: evacuated by stretcher

Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team and Scottish Ambulance Service SORT attended a medical incident on the Pentland Hills near Hillend Ski Centre on 28 July 2024. The casualty was packaged and evacuated to an ambulance. The team were supported by colleagues from Ochils MRT.

Outcome: casualty evacuated to ambulance

A walker sustained a badly injured leg and required rescue team assistance. The incident was covered by local press reporting on the rescue response.

Outcome: casualty assisted by rescue team

A mountain rescue team responded to assist an injured cyclist. The incident involved a biker requiring emergency assistance in the area.

Outcome: Patient evacuated to ambulance

A team was called out by Police Scotland Forth Valley on Ben Lui to locate a party of five, one member of whom had sustained a muscle problem and was unable to move. Following an assessment, the casualty was airlifted to an RV point for recovery at home.

Outcome: Evacuated by air; casualty recovered at home

A caver became stuck in a tight crack in a cave near Applecross in Wester Ross and was unable to move. Members of the Scottish Cave Rescue Organisation and local cavers worked together for five hours to carefully manipulate him out of the squeeze, with Torridon Mountain Rescue Team providing surface support. He was brought to the surface unharmed but cold and tired.

Outcome: casualty rescued unharmed

Two walkers became disoriented in hazardous terrain on Slioch near Kinlochewe after triggering an alert. Following a search involving 17 team members and two dogs, contact was made later that evening, allowing the walkers to safely descend with guidance.

Outcome: Walkers were uninjured and able to walk out safely.

A motorcyclist came off their bike on the A58 near Littleborough and fell down an embankment. Oldham Mountain Rescue Team and Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team assisted North West Ambulance Service in securing the casualty to a stretcher and carrying them up the steep slope to the ambulance.

Outcome: casualty secured to stretcher and carried to ambulance

A walker in a group near the summit of Tryfan became paralysed with fear on 18 July. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue attended to provide reassurance and calm the person before helping the group back down the mountain.

Outcome: casualty reassured and escorted down mountain

Assynt Mountain Rescue Team attended a walker who sustained a suspected lower leg fracture after a fall on a remote coastal path near Ardmore, Laxford Bridge. The casualty was assisted by staff at Ridgway Adventure and local residents before being evacuated by HM Coastguard helicopter and transported to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.

Outcome: casualty evacuated by helicopter to Raigmore Hospital

Ochils Mountain Rescue Team responded to a call in the Tillicoultry area of Ochil Hills on Sunday afternoon. Volunteers attended to a hiker who had sustained a serious leg injury before safely carrying them off the hill for ambulance transfer.

Outcome: Transported to hospital

A mountain biker sustained a potentially broken ankle whilst pushing their bike through boggy terrain on the track below Melbreak in Loweswater. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team attended, provided pain relief and splinting, and carried the casualty half a mile to meet an ambulance at Kirkgate Farm.

Outcome: casualty carried to Land rovers and transferred to ambulance at Kirkgate Farm

The team attended an incident in the Yelverton area on December 15th to assist with a search for a high-risk missing person. After four hours of searching across Clearbrook and Meavy up to Burrator Dam, the individual was not found during the initial search. The police continued their efforts overnight and located the person safely the following morning.

Outcome: Person located safe and well the following day.

A woman was lost in woods on the Isle of Arran and was successfully rescued by helicopter using thermal imaging technology. The rescue was covered in local press reporting.

Outcome: rescued by helicopter

A walker sustained a serious head injury after falling down a mountain in the Northwest Highlands. Rescue teams were able to reach the casualty despite low cloud cover and successfully prepared them for airlift.

Outcome: Transported to hospital after rescue efforts

A woman became lost whilst walking in woodland on the Isle of Arran on 6 July 2024. Police Scotland's Air Unit located her using thermal imaging and a helicopter landed in a nearby clearing. The woman was provided with first aid and conveyed to hospital; she was cold and tired but otherwise unharmed.

Outcome: located by police helicopter, conveyed to hospital, cold and tired but unharmed

A woman in her 20s injured her ankle while attempting to cross a swollen burn south of Quinag car park during a rock spotting trip in Sutherland. Assynt Mountain Rescue Team attended with eleven members, provided pain relief, and evacuated her by stretcher to an awaiting ambulance.

Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to ambulance