Buxton, Edale and Kinder mountain rescue teams were called following the report of a 75 year old man from the Stockport area lost on Kinder Scout.

Three search and rescue dogs were also tasked to help locate the man when concerns for the man’s safety grew as darkness fell.  The moor was enveloped in thick low cloud reducing visibility to around fifty metres making searching very difficult.  Information gained from other walkers descending off the moor concentrated the search on the southern edge path and the Grindslow Knoll area.

Following about two hours of searching members of Kinder team located the man …

Eight members of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team with specialist skills took part in a joint Peak District regional mountain rescue response to assist with the severe flooding in Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

Buxton members with two team vehicles joined with members from all the other Peak teams when called to assist in a coordinated multi agency action to help evacuate people at risk in the areas threatened by the rising waters.  Buxton members were first tasked to assist Oldham team at …

Buxton and Edale mountain rescue teams called out together with a Search and Rescue Dog when four young ladies reported themselves lost on Kinder.

The group, all from the Stockport area, became benighted without lights or spare clothing when darkness fell.  Following a telephone conversation with the group, the Edale team leader strongly suspected them to be stranded in the Grindslow Knoll area.  As predicted, the search dog handler sent into Grindsbrook spotted a feint light on the summit and it wasn’t long before a Buxton search section was able to locate the group.

Despite the unusually mild conditions there was a severe wind chill and …

Search Dog Megan with handler, Dave Mason, called to assist Woodhead and Edale rescue teams with the search for a vulnerable missing person in the Damflask Reservoir area to the north west of Sheffield.  Seven other SARDA dogs also responded from a national training course being held in the Peak District.  During the course of the search an MRT foot section sadly located a deceased male inside the search area.

Search Dog Megan and handler, Dave Mason, called to assist  Glossop and Woodhead MRT’s with the search for the driver of a car that had crashed earlier that day on the A628 Woodhead Pass.

Initial police enquiries had failed to locate the driver and concerns were raised for his safety due to the location and prevailing weather conditions. The driver was located by an MRT search section. He was treated for hypothermia and taken to hospital.