Overview
- Ogwen Valley rescuers lowered a lone walker to safety on Tryfan after finding him in shorts, with the casualty telling the team, “The weather didn’t look that bad.”
- The Tryfan operation used a technical rope system in gusts reported up to 86 mph near Capel Curig before the walker was escorted off the mountain.
- Aberdyfi Mountain Rescue reached two young walkers stranded in the summit shelter on Cadair Idris late on October 4, provided warm clothing and hot drinks, and guided them down by 12:30 a.m.
- Dundonnell Mountain Rescue located a hillwalker on the Cape Wrath trail and, with Rescue 948, airlifted the patient to Stornoway Hospital with mild hypothermia after searches in severe conditions.
- Teams cited Met Office warnings and heavy rain, noted North Wales crews have handled over 570 callouts this year, and urged hikers to check forecasts, carry proper kit, and reconsider high, exposed routes; wider storm effects included a weather-related death in Donegal and extended ESB power outages.