Dave Mason with search dog, Megan, and Nick Smith with search dog, Zak, along with four other Peak District search dog teams carried out an intensive search around Torside and Crowden in the Woodhead Pass. They were looking for a 51 year old male from Manchester who has been missing since January.  

New information and the thawing of the snow cover led the police to ask for mountain rescue assistance but still nothing was found.

A family party of three walking up Crowden Brook towards Kinder’s southern edge called for assistance when a 55 year old female slipped on the wet rock and sustained serious ankle and head injuries.   The precise location of the incident was not certain as the informant, daughter of the casualty, had to walk some distance to gain a cell-phone signal.

The Mountain Rescue Snatch Squad from Edale and Buxton Rescue Teams rendezvoused at Upper Booth and climbed some two kilometers to locate the accident site in the upper reaches of Crowden Brook Clough.   The …

As team members were assembling for the usual Thursday night training exercise, a call from the police suddenly gave the evening a sense of reality. 

A mobile phone call had been received from a lone female walker on Kinder Scout stating that she had injured her ankle and could not proceed. She was unsure of her exact position but early presumptions indicated she was probably at the top of Crowden Brook.  Buxton and Edale teams were called simultaneously to rendezvous at Tipps car park, Upper Booth. With Buxton team members already dressed for the hill the response was impressive and had their first section …

Search Dog Zak with handler Nick Smith together with two other search dogs were called to support a four team incident on Kinder Scout. 

See Team Call-out 18.

A Snatch Squad call for Edale and Buxton Teams in response to a request from the ambulance service.

A sixty year old German visitor staying in Sheffield was reported to have slipped whilst walking in Padley Gorge and sustained a serious ankle injury.  The teams rendezvoused at Grindleford Station as an air-ambulance was already making its approach.   Team members were able to assist the paramedics and then carried the casualty a short distance to where the aircraft had been able to land.  The lady was then flown to a Chesterfield Hospital.