Incident report

The Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation’s “Kinder Search Plan” was again initiated following the report of two men missing on Kinder plateau.

A cold but bright snowy day had been deteriorating since the afternoon and the forecast for the night was for it to get much worse with heavy rain and gale force winds.   Anyone still on the moor without quality equipment was going to be in serious trouble.  Neither of the two missing men were believed to have waterproof trousers, torches or a map.

Buxton, Glossop, Kinder and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams were called about 20.00 hours when a man, who had been in a party of three, returned to Edale and reported that he had become separated from his two friends in the late afternoon between Kinder Downfall and Crowden Head.

Buxton team rendezvoused at Edale Station and were members were being briefed when it was reported that both men had been located in Edale.  All four teams were stood down at 21.10.