The “Kinder Scout Search Plan” was activated on Thursday afternoon following reports from two female walkers that they were lost in thick mist on the high moorland plateau.

Whilst they thought they were on one of the edge paths, the low cloud prevented them identifying any discernible landmarks with which they could pinpoint their position.

The Kinder Search Plan involves all the four mountain rescue teams which surround Kinder Scout.  Kinder, Glossop, Edale and Buxton teams were called out, together with a number of search and rescue dogs, after attempts to locate the two lost walkers by phone tracking had failed.

As search plans were being established, the two walkers walkers contacted Derbyshire Police again saying that they had managed to …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to an incident which may have occurred some time earlier in the morning whereby a young female had sustained a painful injury during a military training exercise.  The initial rendezvous point for team members was at the disused army camp at Blackshaw Moor but the incident site was actually about eight kilometres drive away.

The army cadet had slipped about twenty metres down a boggy embankment and suffered a suspected fractured ankle.   Pain relieving drugs were …

It was a beautiful afternoon when an experienced team member decided that a “Job Creation Scheme” was what the team needed to boost call-out numbers.  Whilst out for a day’s walk and descending from Grindslow Knoll he slipped on the wet grass just below Archer Gate and sustained ligament damage to his knee.

The pain was sufficient for him to decide to call for help but it was a decision he knew he would regret making.  The Joint Team Snatch Squad from Buxton and Edale rescue teams was called out and with …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by East Midlands Ambulance Service following a report of an injured walker on the ridge of Chrome Hill, near Longnor.

A 57 year old lady had been walking with friends, all part of a Bristol based sub-aqua group, when a strong gust of wind blew her off her feet.  The incident resulted in a suspected fracture of both the fibula and tibia of her right leg.

The Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air-ambulance was circling the incident site as team members were …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team responded along with Edale M.R.T. following the report of a lady having sustained an injury whilst walking in the Chee Dale area near to Miller’s Dale.

A simple slip resulted in a painful fracture of the wrist for the lady from Eyam who was with a rambling group at the time of the accident.  Poor mobile phone signal from the incident site complicated calling for assistance but the two teams were soon on route to rendezvous at Miller’s Dale Station.

The lady was treated on site by a paramedic before being carried by stretcher up on to the …