• 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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Sun Dec 3rd, 2023

Last night the team were out for our December training exercise around Beinn Nuis which involved a couple of mock Callouts 🏔️☃️🔦

The first scenario was a search over open ground for a runner who had become lost in decent.
They were found, treated for injuries and hypothermia before being stretchered to a suitable evacuation point.

We then had two walkers cragfast higher on Beinn Nuis who were located before rope systems were set up to raise them to safety.

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Outstanding work! Thanks for sharing the photos. Glad it was just an exercise!

Superb 👍

Anyone lost will be in great hands 🥰

Always doing a great job

Excellent work. Thank you.

Connor Pipe

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Fri Dec 1st, 2023

CALLOUT 29/11/23
The team were called out at approximately 1620hrs on Wednesday afternoon to assist a gentleman who was suffering from exhaustion and the effects of the cold low down on the Goatfell path.
He was transferred back to our base for treatment and then passed over to Ambulance service.

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Arran Mountain Rescue Team why did the helicopter land at Auchrannie last night? X

Wed Nov 8th, 2023

CALLOUT 08/11/2023

A few of the team were out at approximately 1800hrs last night to assist two walkers who were lost with no torches on Goatfell.
Their location was obtained from phonefind and they were advised to stay where they were while a couple of the team made their way to them and assisted them back down safely off the hill.

The team would like to advise that at this time of year especially, packing a fully charged head torch with spare batteries is always a good plan as daylight hours are now limited 🔦

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CALLOUT 08/11/2023
A few of the team were out at approximately 1800hrs last night to assist two walkers who were lost with no torches on Goatfell. 
Their location was obtained from phonefind and they were advised to stay where they were while a couple of the team made their way to them and assisted them back down safely off the hill. 
The team would like to advise that at this time of year especially, packing a fully charged head torch with spare batteries is always a good plan as daylight hours are now limited 🔦 
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Comment on Facebook

Glad they got down safely 🙏 wouldn't want to be up there with no torch, scary..

Hopefully people will heed your advice !

#SARLOC_Technology

Well done all. Cannot believe people go up there without the right equipment!

Well done,more lives risked to save idiots. If you are called out because of people not carrying the basic equipment or just stupidity on their part they should face some fincial penalty such as the cost of the call out,maybe then some people would think twice before setting out.

Like flip flops!

Emma Bäckman😂

Christ! The level of stupidity that exists is actually mind boggling! Well done team, you guys deserve so much better!

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Mon Nov 6th, 2023

The team had their first training day of the season yesterday which involved practicing personal hill skills around Mullach Buidhe and Beinn Bharrain.
This consisted of a bit of navigation practice, some radio work, steep ground/scrambling skills and a bit of abseiling.
A great day ⛰️

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Fantastic pictures. Total respect for the work you do.

Greaf photos

Wow!

Jonny Wharton

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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.
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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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Drone practise search - Rosa slabs

Some footage from team member and drone pilot Stru...

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 
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Callout on Goatfell 08/09/2020

CALLOUT 08/09/2020 The team were called out today ...

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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Arran Mountain Rescue is a registered charity. Registered In Scotland No: SC004055. Registered Office: Tigh Na Bhreac, Kilpatrick, Isle of Arran, KA27 8EY