• Arran Mountain Rescue

    On Call – 365 Days a Year
  • Arran Mountain Rescue

    On Call – 365 Days a Year
  • Arran Mountain Rescue

    On Call – 365 Days a Year

For Mountain Rescue Dial 999 or 112 then ask for ‘Police’ then ‘Mountain Rescue’

Arran Mountain Rescue Team is a charitable organization made up of men and women from all over the Island. Team members are all volunteers and give up their time freely when an emergency arises.

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Arran Mountain Rescue Team

The team currently has 30 members with a variety of skills and experience amongst us. The team provides Search and Rescue assistance to walkers and climbers on the Isle of Arran which is located in the Firth of Clyde, off the West Coast of Scotland.

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How the Team Assemble

Initially, a call will be raised via Police Scotland, and if it is necessary a call-out will then be initiated. Team members are contacted and assemble at the team base, briefed on the nature of the incident, and then head out to the appropriate location(s).

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A Wealth of Experience

All team members at Arran mountain Rescue are experienced hillwalkers or mountaineers with a vast amount of local knowledge between them.

Team members are on-call 365 days a year and are unpaid volunteers giving up their time to help people in need.

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How We Are Funded

The vast majority of our funding is raised through donations.
If you would like to find out how you can help our support Arran mountain Rescue, please visit our support page.
Arran Mountain Rescue Team SCIO is a Registered Charity (SC004055).


Recent Callouts

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Mon Sep 25th, 2023

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Really need a 1yr old size for Rosa

Sun Sep 24th, 2023

The team were called out yesterday afternoon after a hill walker came across a female who had fallen a significant distance from Stacach ridge, suffering serious injuries.
Eight team members deployed in our Argo cats and quad and once on scene assisted the paramedic from Rescue 199 with treating and packaging the injured walker before she was winched on board Rescue 199 for onward transfer to hospital 🚁

We wish the casualty a speedy recovery and would like to thank the members of the public who phoned it in and were a great help before the team arrived on scene.

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Great job. Hope the casualty recovers well👏

Great job team

Well done all involved.. wishing the lady a speedy recovery 👏🏼

Well done….how fortunate that she was found!

Well done to all involved! 👍

Such a great rescue. Wishing the lady a good recovery, thank goodness for the other walker who was in the right place at the right time...

We watched the rescue from the top of Cir Mhór. Great job everyone 👏

Amazing team I wish the lady a speedy recovery.

Amazing service you provide.

Wonderful job

You are an amazing team

Just imagining what it might feel like to realise that you lot are arriving... And to be honest, aboot at the greetin'!!

Well done guys.

Well done all 👊

Hope the last has a speedy recovery. Well done to all involved.

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Tue Sep 19th, 2023

The team have had a couple of Callout’s over the past week.
On Saturday a few of the team were out for a woman with a broken wrist on Goatfell.
She was treated for her injury and brought down off the hill in the Argo cat with the assistance of a couple of Arrochar MRT members who where staying at our base.

Last night was for a couple who were several hours overdue after attempting Goatfell.
They were quickly located with the assistance of the SAR helicopter from Prestwick, having taken much longer than planned and making very slow progress with no torches.
Thankfully they were located unharmed and team members returned them to our base to warm up.

The team would like to remind those venturing into the hills at this time of year that daylight hours are fading and packing a fully charged head torch and spare batteries in your rucksack is always a good idea just incase.

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Arrochar Mountain Rescue Team
St John Scotland
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The team have had a couple of Callout’s over the past week.
On Saturday a few of the team were out for a woman with a broken wrist on Goatfell. 
She was treated for her injury and brought down off the hill in the Argo cat with the assistance of a couple of Arrochar MRT members who where staying at our base. 
Last night was for a couple who were several hours overdue after attempting Goatfell.
They were quickly located with the assistance of the SAR helicopter from Prestwick, having taken much longer than planned and making very slow progress with no torches. 
Thankfully they were located unharmed and team members returned them to our base to warm up. 
The team would like to remind those venturing into the hills at this time of year that daylight hours are fading and packing a fully charged head torch and spare batteries in your rucksack is always a good idea just incase.
Scottish Mountain Rescue 
Arrochar Mountain Rescue Team
St John Scotland
Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Comment on Facebook

Well done guys ..

Thank goodness you guys found them. Fantastic job

What a fantastic job these people do

Well said and pointed out. So many people do not respect our mountains and how the weather charges, thinking it is a Sunday afternoon stroll to top of Goat Fell. As ex MR team member, well done .

Hum - brings back humiliating memories….. 😬

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Sat Aug 26th, 2023

A big thank you to the Arran Mountain Festival for organising and to Kenton Cool for delivering to a capacity audience, the incredible talk “The Everest Untold Story” last night.
An awe inspiring insight into the history of Everest and why Kenton continues to be drawn to this incredible place🏔️
The Arran Mountain Festival has always helped to support the AMRT and continues to put on not only an excellent long weekend of mountain walks every year but excellent events like this one last night which was aimed to raise funds for those looking to do their summer mountain leader award for future walk leaders.
Thanks again to all involved!
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A big thank you to the Arran Mountain Festival for organising and to Kenton Cool for delivering to a capacity audience, the incredible talk “The Everest Untold Story” last night.
An awe inspiring insight into the history of Everest and why Kenton continues to be drawn to this incredible place🏔️ 
The Arran Mountain Festival has always helped to support the AMRT and continues to put on not only an excellent long weekend of mountain walks every year but excellent events like this one last night which was aimed to raise funds for those looking to do their summer mountain leader award for future walk leaders.
Thanks again to all involved!
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Excellent evening. Thanks

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VIDEO

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Callout 03/07/2021
The team were called out at approximately 2010hrs yesterday evening to assist two climbers cragfast on Cir Mhor.
Thanks to the assistance of Rescue 199 the team were quickly transported to the saddle and from there made their way up to the top of Cir Mhor to above the area where the climbers were cragfast in thick clagg.
A rope was lowered down and both climbers were then able to make their way safely to the teams location above where they were assisted down off the hill and back into Glen Rosa.
Both were thankfully unharmed.
Scottish Mountain Rescue
St John Scotland

Callout 03/07/2021 The team were called out at app...

Drone practise search - Rosa slabs - Some footage from team member and drone pilot Struan who was out last night with a couple of team members putting the teams new drone through its paces around the Rosa slabs area on Goatfell.
A complex area to which the use of a drone can speed up the searching process by a large margin 
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Search & Rescue Aerial Association - Scotland
St John Scotland
BIG CO - Brodick

Drone practise search - Rosa slabs

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Callout on Goatfell 08/09/2020 - CALLOUT 08/09/2020
The team were called out today at approximately 1515hrs to assist a couple of hill walkers lost on Goatfell. 
Phonefind( used to pinpoint a location) gave the team their grid reference to be at the top of the water shoot area on the Rosa slabs, a very steep and dangerous area to the South/West side of the summit.
Luckily they had both stopped where they were and were located safe by the team.
Although cold and wet, both were thankfully unharmed and able to walk back, with the assistance of the team, to our Argo cats then transported down to the team base.
🎥 Ewan 
Scottish Mountain Rescue
St John Scotland

Callout on Goatfell 08/09/2020

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ARGO CAT Training course - Glen Rosa - A few team members went though some Argo Cat training in Glen Rosa today to ensure that they are safe and confident to drive our vehicles on the complex Arran terrain during a callout.
Cheers to the trainers for travelling across and for a great day!
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ARGO CAT Training course - Glen Rosa

A few team members went though some Argo Cat train...

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History and Archive photos

Our History

The Arran Mountain Rescue Team SCIO was formed in 1964 with an initial group of 15 members.

DONATE

Here are a few of the ways you can help with funding of the Arran Mountain Rescue

OUR SUPPORTERS

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For Mountain Rescue
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