Mountain Search Dog Find

This evening SARDA Wales Mountain Search Dog Cluanie and handler Helen found a group of walkers lost on Snowdon in thick cloud and above a steep drop.
Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team had received a call for assistance from a group of three walkers who had set off up Snowdon on the Watkin Path and got lost on the South side of Y Lliwedd in steep ground and thick cloud. Five team members were tasked to head to the approximate location of the party including SARDA Wales handler Helen and her dog Cluanie. Cluanie found the party stuck on a ledge above a steep drop and returned to Helen and the rest of the team to indicate her find. She then took the team into the grateful walkers who were brought safely off the mountain by the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team.
It was pretty grim weather which meant that the helicopter was unable to fly, the missing walkers had been able to give an approximate location from their mobile phone and then Cluanie did the rest. The added speed of a Search Dog team meant that the walkers avoided hypothermia in some pretty foul conditions.

Rob Johnson
SARDA Wales Press Officer