KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM
Kinder Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) has been in existence since 1971, and is one of seven mountain rescue teams that operate within the Peak District National Park, as part of the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation (PDMRO).
Our 50 members operate on an purely voluntary basis and are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to assist members of the public on the hill or in urban search and rescue situations.
We are almost exclusively funded by public donations, and all proceeds from fund raising go towards equipment and resources used on our call outs.
The team were called to assist a pair of walkers near the river in Etherow country park. One of the pair had a medical episode and they had both become stuck at the bottom of a steep slope above the river. A joint rescue was carried out by the Fire and Rescue service, the Ambulance...
A well equipped and experienced walker had a trip out to enjoy the beautiful snow conditions in the Brown Knoll / South Head area where he walked regularly. Unfortunately, the conditions were much worse than he anticipated and he became disoriented and exhausted. Very sensibly, he called for help. Using Sarcall PhoneFind, we were able to...
Glossop Mountain Rescue team requested our assistance to help with a search for a missing walker who was believed to be struggling in deep snow on Bleaklow. As we arrived at Snake summit we were informed that the casualty had been located, but he was hypothermic and it was going to be a long stretcher...
At 09:30 we were asked by Derbyshire Police to assist with a search for a woman missing from home in New Mills. We deployed team members on foot, a combined Kinder MRT and Glossop MRT water team, a search dog and an MRT Buxton drone. We searched the Sett Valley from Thornsett to Waterside at...
The duty controller called us at 7pm tasking us to a group of 8 people on the lower Slopes of Kinder in the area above Peter Nook Wood, the group had been out for a walk and become lost as night descended and the weather worsened. We tried utilising phone find technology to pin point...
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