Three walkers from Manchester had undertaken a walk on the Kinder Scout and during their descent had become benighted and unsure of their route had requested assistance via Derbyshire Police, providing them with some location information, then remained at the location. The team were deployed onto the lower slopes toward their reported position and found the party, all fit and well just a little cold. The casualties and team members were transported back to our base for warming and a lift to the train station for their journey home.

In an emergency situation where you require Mountain Rescue you must

Dial 999 or 112, then ask for ‘Police’ then ‘Mountain Rescue’.

Give all your prepared details of the incident and STAY WHERE YOU ARE until contacted by the rescue team. If you have to make a further 999 call, follow this procedure in full again.

If you have hearing or speech difficulties, you can contact the 999 emergency services by text. You will only be able to use this service if you are registered with emergencySMS first, so register now — don’t wait for an emergency! Text ‘register’ to 999 then follow the instructions sent.

In an emergency, contact the emergencySMS service by texting 999. Your message should include ‘Police’ + details of incident + location.

Kinder Mountain Rescue Team is staffed by volunteers who give their time free of charge and is funded entirely by public donations.

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– Time: 18:35

– Type: Mountain Incident

– Location: Kinder Scout

– Team members: 21

– Duration: 2 hours

– Volunteer hours on this incident: 42 hours

– Total callout hours in 2025: 1285 hours