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 64/2026. FRIDAY 18th SEPT 23:02hrs. NICK POT, INGLEBOROUGH, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE

The team were asked to assist North Yorkshire Police to help locate and rescue a lone female walker (22) who was lost and becoming hypothermic near to Nick Pot on the Three Peaks Path, on Ingleborough. Team members and vehicles were deployed and were able…
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Alert Only. Tuesday 15th September 21.48hrs. Alert 9 of 2026

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CRO were contacted by Cumbria Police (CUMPOL) regarding an overdue caving party who had been on a caving trip in Pippikin Pot on Leck Fell.  As the CRO Duty Controller (DC) was making initial enquiries before mobilising any team members, they were contacted by CUMPOL…
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Incident 63/2026. Sunday 13th September 11.38hrs Goredale, North Yorkshire

The team were contacted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist with a casualty (M, 45YO) with a lower leg injury which he had sustained on the footpath above Goredale Scar heading towards Malham Tarn.  A full team call out was initiated and CRO1 &…
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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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