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.
We were called at 14:25 to help search for a lady who had gone missing from her home in New Mills. After discussion with the police search managers, we sent our search dog to Big Stone and Cracken Edge. Five hill parties searched the Sett Valley trail and the adjacent land. By 19:00 all our...
Well this is certainly an auspicious year for the team; 50 years ago the team was created through the amalgamation of the Sett Valley Mountain Rescue Team and the Goyt Search and Rescue Team – Kinder MRT (KMRT – not to be confused with Keswick MRT or Kintail MRT) is believed to be the only...
We were called out on Christmas Day to assist a walker who had slipped on ice on Kinder Low, fracturing her hip and injuring her wrist. With a description of their location we despatched a search dog, supported by a number of hill parties. The lady and partner were located on top of Kinder Low...
We were contacted to rescue an injured walker with a suspected fractured ankle, in the Edale Rocks / Swinesback area of Kinder Scout. The location was confirmed using PhoneFind technology to obtain it from the GPS in her phone. Hill parties were despatched to stretcher the walker down to our vehicles at the top of...
We were contacted by the police to assist with the search for a vulnerable young lady in the New Mills and Hayfield area. Having succesfully located her previously on Cracken Edge, a search commenced in that area alongside the police using mountain rescue search dogs. The search then moved to the Birch Vale area and...
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