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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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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ALERT ONLY. JULY 18th FRI 21.41hrs THREE PEAKS WALK, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 6 OF 2025

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A Three Peaks ‘charity walker’, last seen at 07.30 and heard from while ‘descending Whernside’ at 17.20, was reported missing by someone waiting with transport at Horton car park. A telephone call and a PhoneFind text were not answered, so two team members would set…
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INCIDENT 61/2025. JULY 13th SUN. 15.33 hrs. SNOW FALLS, WATERFALLS TRAIL, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE

North Yorkshire Police called the team out to assist a walker (f,35) who had slipped and injured her ankle on the path below Snow Falls.  Team members attended and assessed the casualty, administered pain relief, and splinted the ankle.  They then stretchered the casualty to…
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INCIDENT 60/2025. JULY 12th SAT. 15.22 hrs. WHERNSIDE, CHAPEL LE DALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist with a Three Peaks walker (m,63) suffering from exhaustion on the descent of Whernside.  Team members attended and located the walker on the summit ridge, considerably higher up the fell than the initial information had suggested.  The…
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INCIDENT 59/2025. JULY 3rd THU. 00:14hrs, HORNBY, LANCASHIRE

The team were called by Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team (BPMRT) to assist them with an ongoing search for a missing person (f,68) in the Hornby area.  CRO Swiftwater technicians were tasked with searching the River Wenning downstream of Hornby Bridge to the River Lune.…
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