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Torridon Mountain Rescue Team

One of Scotland's volunteer search and rescue organisations covering a large area of Wester Ross.

Torridon Mountain Rescue Team is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, Scottish Charity Number SC015356

13/05/2026

WINTERY CONDITIONS RETURN

No, this isn't Sgurr Ruadh this week, but the mountains in our patch have got snow again this week, along with temperatures that will create icy ground conditions that may require winter kit to travel safely. Feel like temperatures are down to -7c in the wind on the summits.

It may be May (see what we did there?), but make sure you're heading out prepared if going up high this week.

Image for attention from a previous winter - don't get sharpening those tools just yet!

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11/05/2026

CALLOUT

Can you spot the helicopter?

On Saturday evening the team were alerted by Police to a long distance walker who had not checked in as planned since the 7th May. With a detailed route card available, and multiple missed check in points that were out of character from the individual, the decision was made to use the remaining evening light to rapidly search the most consequential areas of his route with the assistance of the Coastguard helicopter. Team members were uplifted to the summit of Fuar Tholl to sweep the higher areas of steep terrain, while other members deployed on foot from Achnashellach. Shortly after 1am, the team stood down after the walker was traced safe and well by further east.

A happy outcome and a lovely evening on the hill, but a reminder that if you have a defined late back plan with friends or family, to make sure you get in touch as planned to avoid unnecessary worry.

As ever thank you to R851 from Inverness for some excellent flying and for their shared efforts.

04/05/2026

Somehow it's May already, and that meant Sunday was our monthly training. The team headed to Shieldaig peninsula for rope rescue training on the crags overlooking the island.

We covered building bombproof anchor systems with different amounts of kit available, before progressing into lowering and raising rescue loads. With a recent increase in cragfast folk in our hills, we refreshed using our 'rescue nappy' for safely snatching people off steep terrain. Finishing up with some mountaineering and confidence roping skills, we were treated to a White Tailed Eagle floating above us in the afternoon.

Plenty of fun had, lots of good learning, and ample cake consumed back at base.

Thanks to for capturing a moody spring day so beautifully.

02/05/2026

CALLOUT

On Wednesday evening the team was alerted to a cragfast walker on the complex terrain at the West end of Liathach. With the light fading and struggling to find the way down, the otherwise well equipped walker wisely decided to call for help.

A hasty party of 6 team members was deployed with another 5 preparing further kit and following on in case a more complex technical rescue was required. Fortunately uninjured, the casualty was able to walk off assisted by the hasty party and delivered back to their camp spot in the village.

The team was all back at base by 2am, guided down by a beautiful starry night and full moon.

Our team is made up entirely of volunteers and is reliant on public donations to carry out our life saving work. Please consider donating at the link in our bio.

06/04/2026

JOINT TRAINING WITH OUR NEIGHBOURS

Easter Sunday was our April training and a joint training with - an invaluable opportunity to get to know our neighbours, share working practices and learn from each other.

We did a round robin of different skills stations covering rescue rigging, casualty care and equipment. Most importantly, it was a chance to build relationships - because when you're deployed to help another team, it usually means it's a significant rescue and communications are everything.

Thanks to Kintail for making the effort to come to our base on a beautiful spring day!

01/04/2026

CALLOUT (Not an April Fools!)

Shortly before 4pm on Monday the team was alerted to two people stuck at the east end of the iconic pinnacles on the main ridge of Liathach, some of the steepest and most technical terrain in our patch.

With full winter conditions on the ridge, a hasty party was sent directly up the steep south side of Liathach to get to the stuck party as soon as possible. The remainder of the team ascended via the main path with additional equipment and continued over the ridge to regroup.

Fortunately uninjured, but cold and without winter equipment, we were able to carefully rope the stuck party across the narrow ridge and down steep snow slopes to the main path below. The team were safely back at base by midnight.

With Easter weekend coming up, a reminder that conditions at sea level are often very different to up high - and that full winter kit and knowledge of how to use it is essential for all the high mountains in our area just now. Knowing how to plan a safe winter journey and understand how a map translates to what is actually on the ground is also critical - apps like (as in this case) are useful for getting route ideas but are NOT a replacement for a map, compass and ability to use them.

Our team is made up entirely of volunteers who give up their time to help others in need in the mountains. We rely heavily on public donations to fund our work - please consider donating at the link in our bio.

27/03/2026

CALLOUT

A long night for the team! Yesterday afternoon the team was alerted to a walker who had slipped on a snow slope and taken a significant tumble through scree and boulders. Located near the summit of Bidean an Eòin Dearg in the remote hills north of Loch Monar, the casualty had a shoulder injury and was rapidly getting hypothermic in the freezing wind chill.

A hasty party was deployed from Achnashellach by helicopter as high as the cloud base allowed, before the cloud lowered and the helicopter left us to it. Additional team members arrived on scene and carried equipment all the way up the Sgurr a Chaorachain ridge where the casualty was being slowly moved along. A lengthy extraction down to Glenuaig Lodge followed before handover to a waiting road ambulance.

The team was deployed at 1530hrs yesterday afternoon, and didn't leave the hill until 0530hrs this morning - a significant shift in gale force wind, rain and challenging terrain.

Our team is made up of volunteers who give us their time to look after folk in need in the Scottish mountains. We are almost entirely reliant on public donations to operate. Please consider donating at the link in our bio.

25/03/2026

A huge thank you to a much valued supporter of the team, Lesley Jane Martin, who is fundraising for us this year. Lesley has already completed multiple events this year including a 100km audax and the Loch Ness Half Marathon - but that's not where it stops! Despite already having raised more than £1200 for the team already, there's still the following on her event calendar for the year:

- April:
- May: AND the Badger Divide (350km bike packing from Glasgow to Inverness!)
- June: The Sun Cycle
- October: The (of course!)

You can find Lesley's fundraiser linked to our JustGiving page at the link in our bio - get donating and show her some support!

26/01/2026

A BUSY WEEKEND IN THE CAIRNGORMS...

This weekend saw our team gathered at for a weekend away training in the Cairngorms - it certainly kept us on our toes with wild winter conditions and some real rescues along the way.

With several team members preparing for their Winter Mountain Leader assessments soon, we headed into the rolling Feshie hills on Saturday to focus on navigating in whiteout conditions - the featureless hills and constantly changing snow conditions made for excellent learning.

Sunday was where it really got busy. We were training under the expert instruction of in the use of snow anchors and technical rigging near 'Twin Ribs' when simultaneous incidents required our team to work alongside to assess, stabilise and evacuate multiple casualties in some challenging conditions.

It was a definite reminder of how seriously the conditions need to be taken in the mountains just now - with the strong winds and heavy snow up high, any steep ground is either bullet hard snow that is almost impossible to stop on once you're sliding, or a potential avalanche hazard. Ensure you understand the avalanche forecast before heading out, and are well equipped for if things go wrong - it's unforgiving out there just now!

09/01/2026

WHEN WINTER ARRIVED!

January team training coincided with some of the most snow seen down to the village for several years. Once we had dug out the car park and the front door of the base, we headed through beautiful snowy pinewoods to the lower slopes of Beinn Damh to practice a range of winter skills. We explored avalanche hazard and avoidance, transceiver use and building/testing snow anchors. Can you count how many team members we managed to support with a large snow bollard on questionable snow?!

Our patch is currently in full winter condition, with the associated potential hazards that come with that. Make sure you have the winter kit required for where you're going, know how to use it, and have checked the forecast as a minimum before heading out.

Get out there and enjoy these stunning landscapes in their winter coat, but do so safely.

05/01/2026

WHAT A NIGHT!

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A huge thank you to everyone who came along to the community hall on New Year's day despite winter arriving as the doors opened! We had over 130 people brave the weather for a boogie with the band.

We plan to make this an annual event so if you missed out on tickets this time round, there WILL be a next year!

Happy new year to all our supporters - our work is almost entirely funded by public donations and we couldn't do it without your generosity.

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