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.
Join us on Wednesday 5 August for one of the Peak District’s classic midweek fell races, organised by and raising funds for Kinder Mountain Rescue Team. Starting from Hayfield, the race heads out onto the hills around Cracken Edge, taking in fast runnable sections, steep climbs, technical descents and some of the best views in...
The team were called to assist Glossop MRT (GMRT) with the extrication of a casualty on Bleaklow, GMRT had been called out at 17:30 to locate and treat the casualty, after some initial searching GMRT found the casualty located in the very inaccessible area of Near Black Clough. Air Ambulance was also on scene to...
The team were called to assist a lady who was having a significant medical issue near the top of Sandy Heyes on Kinder Scout. We dispatched a fast party up Sandy Heyes, but based on the symptoms she was presenting, we also requested the assistance of a Coastguard helicopter. They responded from their base in...
When John Mottram joined the newly formed Kinder Mountain Rescue Team in 1971, there wasn’t much to join. “We started with absolutely nothing,” he recalls. The team had a rope, an old stretcher and, if they were lucky, access to a borrowed radio. Members brought their own climbing equipment and torches. The rescue base consisted...
The team were called at 21:54 to a report that a walker on Kinder was overdue. With the assistance of the PDMRO controller, a significant search operation was being planned involving neighbouring teams, the Police, and the Police helicopter. Thankfully, just before team members were about to set off onto the hill we received a...
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