Cave & Mountain Rescue

Saving Lives Above & Below Ground in the Yorkshire Dales What we do Awards and Recognition The History of CRO Safety Going Out Scheme Historical Incident Reports Resources for Children The Cave Rescue Organisation is based in Clapham in North Yorkshire and provides the cave…
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How you can help us

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The CRO is a charity and it’s volunteers respond to Cave and Mountain Rescue in the Three Peaks and Malham areas of the Yorkshire Dales The CRO is a charity and cannot run without the help of both it’s members and it’s supporters. There are…
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INCIDENT 73/2025. AUGUST 28th THURS. 12.11 hrs BARBON BECK, BARBON, CUMBRIA.

Team members assisted our colleagues in Kendal Mountain Rescue Team with a Cumbria Police request for a search for a missing person near the boundary of our respective operational areas.  Following a period of bankside and woodland searching, the team was stood down. Volunteer hours:…
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ALERT ONLY. AUGUST 27th WED. 13.03hrs WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 12 OF 2025

A ringing smartphone
A report was received, describing one or possibly two green lights flashing on Whernside and expressing concern that someone might be in distress. After a check that a Flight Radar application showed no aircraft in the immediate Three Peaks area, a team member agreed to…
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ALERT ONLY. AUGUST 26th TUE. 12.57hrs PATH Nr BEEZLEY FALLS, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 11 OF 2025

A ringing smartphone
A visitor (f, 37) slipped on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail near Beezley Falls, sustaining a serious ankle injury. The team was put on stand-by, but when the Duty Controller telephoned the reporting person, he was told that several other visitors were helping walk/carry the injured…
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INCIDENT 72/2025. AUGUST 25th  MON. 18.16 hrs INGLEBOROUGH, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A Three Peaks walker (f, 55) experienced pain in one knee on the descent from Whernside. This had worsened by the time she reached Ingleborough so she was unable to put any weight on it as she left the summit plateau. In the really dry…
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