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 62/2026. September 9th Wed 21:14 hrs, Ingleborough

A ringing smartphone
The team were contacted by North Yorkshire Police after a walker who had just completed the three peaks raised concerns about a party of 2 walkers she had passed some time earlier as appearing to be making slow progress from the summit of Ingleborough towards…
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Incident 61/2026. September 8th Tue 14:42 hrs, Victoria cave, Attermire, Settle, North Yorkshire.

The team was alerted by YAS to a female walker (46 yo) who had slipped on rocks on the footpath near Victoria cave. Team members along with two team vehicles were mobilised to the incident. On arrival team members carried out an assessment of the…
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Incident 60/2026. September 7th Mon 12:25 hrs, Thornton force, Ingleton waterfalls trail, North Yorkshire.

As the team were mobilising to incident 59 (Malham) they were alerted by YAS to a report of a female (66 yo) who had fallen and sustained a wrist injury whilst walking near Thornton Force. This second callout required a split attendance of team vehicles…
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Incident 59/2026. September 7th Mon 12:10 hrs, Malham cove, Malham, North Yorkshire.

The team were alerted by NYP to a report of a male (78 yo) who had fainted whilst walking at the top of Malham Cove possibly due to low blood pressure. As the team was preparing to mobilise to this incident a second call was…
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