A volunteer-run mountain rescue charity. 29 incidents featured here.
A search was conducted for three people who had become in difficulties on Sgurr Fiona, a summit on An Teallach. Two individuals were located and one required hospital treatment; the body of the third person was recovered later.
Outcome: One fatality, two rescued
A walker became stranded on the north-eastern slopes of Sgurr Fiona on An Teallach after taking a wrong turn. A complex rescue operation involving multiple teams and assets lasted for approximately 20 hours before the individual was safely brought back to the team base.
Outcome: The individual was safely rescued and found to be in good health.
The team completed an overnight stretcher rescue of a hiker with a lower leg injury on Ben Klibreck in difficult weather conditions. Following the initial rescue, the team also conducted searches for missing persons at Eas a' Chual Aluinn and assisted another local mountain rescue team earlier in the week.
Outcome: Casualty safely transported to lower slopes and onward care.
A group of hikers were approaching the summit of Fionn Bheinn when their dogs fell through a cornice. The following morning, mountain rescue teams located one missing dog in a hollow below the summit after a cold night.
Outcome: One dog was safely recovered.
Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team was deployed to An Teallach following calls for assistance regarding three walkers. After extensive searching, two of the individuals were located, with one requiring hospital treatment. The body of their companion was subsequently recovered with the aid of RAF Lossiemouth.
Outcome: Two walkers found (one hospitalized); one body recovered.
A spaniel dog survived an overnight ordeal after falling through a snow cornice on a peak in Ross-shire. Following initial rescue efforts for the group of walkers and dogs, the missing dog was eventually located by the team member who was lowered into the corrie.
Outcome: The dog was safely recovered after spending the night in snowy conditions.
A group of four hillwalkers and their dogs fell through a cornice on Fionn Bheinn in Achnasheen. After initial efforts to locate the missing members, the dog was eventually found alive near its last known location.
Outcome: All people were found safe; the dog was located alive.
Five dogs were rescued from a mountain after falling through an overhanging snow ledge while on a hike near Fionn Bheinn. One dog was found later in a hollow below the summit and was reported to be cold but otherwise fine.
Outcome: All rescued dogs were found to be in reasonable condition.
A cocker spaniel was rescued after falling through a snowy ledge on Fionn Bheinn near Achnasheen. Dedicated mountain rescue team members returned to the mountain the following day and located the dog, who had survived the severe overnight conditions.
Outcome: Rescued
Outcome: The runner was safely transported to the Border Hotel at Kirk Yetholm after a six-hour rescue effort.
Two teenagers required a rescue after becoming trapped in waist-high snow conditions on An Teallach. The operation lasted nine hours and was successfully completed by the Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team.
Outcome: Rescued safely
Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team responded to an incident where two teenagers were found struggling in deep snow near the Loch Toll an Lochain area. After a prolonged effort, the rescue team successfully retrieved both individuals safely.
Outcome: Rescued safely
A walker was found sheltering behind a boulder while suffering from mild hypothermia during adverse weather conditions. The team successfully airlifted the individual to Stornoway hospital for assessment.
Outcome: Transported to hospital
A walker sustained a lower leg injury while on the path towards Ben Wyvis. Nineteen team members were deployed to the hill to provide assistance before the casualty was treated and stretchered down to an awaiting ambulance.
Outcome: Transported from scene
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 walker slipped and sustained a lower leg injury at Rogie Falls on 13 May 2024. Fourteen members of Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team assisted the SAS in carrying the casualty by stretcher to a waiting ambulance.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to ambulance
Three German visitors became disoriented by weather on a hill near Ullapool. They were quickly located by search and rescue dog Rona and assessed as uninjured, though cold and wet, before being walked back to their campsite.
Outcome: walkers located uninjured and walked off the hill
Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team participated in a multi-agency search for a 53-year-old man from Nairn who went missing whilst hillwalking on 24 April. His car was found near Loch Mullardoch, and the search involved Police Scotland, HM Coastguard helicopter, and search dogs.
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
Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team was called out on Friday night to search for a walker who had become lost in the hills north of Loch Mullardoch. The missing person was located uninjured near East Benula Lodge around 9.30pm. The team leader used the incident to emphasise the importance of carrying proper navigation equipment.
Outcome: walker located uninjured
Three walkers became separated and lost while descending Beinn a' Chlaidheimh in Fisherfield Forest during the 'Big Six' Munro challenge on Saturday evening. A joint rescue operation involving Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team and HM Coastguard helicopters was launched, and all three walkers were located safe and well by Sunday morning.
Outcome: all three walkers located safe and well
A walker became disoriented and benighted while completing the Beinn Dearg four Munros circuit in Wester Ross, spending a night out in poor conditions. She raised the alarm early the following morning, triggering a search involving Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team, SARDA, and a coastguard helicopter; she was located and recovered safely.
Outcome: located by helicopter and driven to Inverness to recover
Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team assisted Police Scotland in searching for a missing 22-year-old man in the Dingwall area. The person was located safe and well, and the search was stood down at approximately 10:30 am.
Outcome: missing person found safe and well
Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team assisted in the search for a 72-year-old man from Kiltarlity who went missing on 23 December. Searches focused on woodland areas near his home, with support from coastguard helicopter and search dogs. The post reports the ongoing search but does not indicate the outcome.
A base jumper in his 20s was slammed into the north face of An Teallach by a wind gust moments after jumping from the summit ridge. He sustained only minor injuries and was able to climb back to his companions before being evacuated by helicopter. The rescue team noted he narrowly avoided a fatal fall.
Outcome: evacuated by helicopter with minor injuries
A hillwalker was found deceased after slipping and falling while traversing a mountain ridge near Dundonnell. The incident occurred on Sgurr Fiona, one of the Munro summits within An Teallach.
Outcome: Fatality
A 60-year-old walker died on An Teallach in Wester Ross after being reported overdue from a walk. His body was discovered by Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team and an HM Coastguard helicopter around 8.45am. There were no suspicious circumstances.
Outcome: body recovered
A 46-year-old man from Yorkshire has been missing in Wester Ross since 1 May 2019. Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team conducted further searches in Fisherfield Forest on 26 July with a search dog, but no new evidence was found.
Outcome: ongoing search, untraced at time of report
A member of Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team died after slipping and falling on Ruadh Stac Mor on 12 August while setting up a radio relay station for a charity event. Despite activating his personal locator beacon and being rescued by team members within six hours, he was seriously injured and subsequently died in hospital.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by helicopter, died in hospital