Hardly having time to “paws” Zak with handler, Nick Smith, was called out again to assist with a major search of Kinder Scout for a man and his teenage son. Nick and Zak were tasked to search Crowden Brook and had got all the way over the moor to Kinder Downfall before they were informed that the casualties had been located by another dog unit in Red Brook.

See Team Call-out on 7th Feb. for more details.

Handler Nick Smith with Search Dog Zak were called to rendezvous at Heatherdene car park to assist Glossop and Edale MRTs searching for two females lost in deteriorating weather conditions.

The dog team with a navigator from Buxton MRT was tasked to search Raven Clough but was stood down when the missing persons were located by members of Glossop MRT near Fork Stones in Grains in the Water.

Search Dog Zak with handler Nick Smith called to the summit of the A57 Snake Road to search for three males reported as lost on Bleaklow.   The search dog team was stood down en-route when the missing persons were located safe and well by members of Glossop M R T.

Weekend snatch call for Buxton and Edale teams for a female who had slipped on ice and suffered an arm injury whilst walking on Kinder Scout.   The teams were rendezvousing at Edale village when word was received that the casualty had been evacuated by air-ambulance.

A request from Derbyshire Constabulary following a call from a gentleman in a 4 x 4 vehicle trapped by deep snow and pack ice in the bottom of the Goyt Valley.

All three people in the vehicle were aged seventy or over and the police were concerned for their welfare.  Buxton Mountain Rescue Team responded with its Land Rover and a crew of two entering the valley from the Macclesfield side.   The approach roads to the valley did not have any road closed signs and it wasn’t until a vehicle was …