Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team
More than just mountains
IN AN EMERGENCY…
- Dial 999 or 112
- Ask for POLICE
- State you need MOUNTAIN RESCUE
2025 Team Statistics so far…
Rescue Hours
0
Incidents
0
Exercises
0
Events
0
Whichever way you plan to enjoy the mountains, be #adventuresmart
Ask yourself these three questions first…
- Do I have the right gear?
- Do I know what the weather will be like?
- Am I confident that I have the knowledge and skills for the day?
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Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team…
is a voluntary organisation responsible for covering the Central section of the Brecon Beacons including South Wales’ highest mountain, Pen y Fan at 886m, Cribyn and Corn Du as well as the Ystradfellte waterfalls, Newport, Cardiff and the valleys.
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Callouts Catch Up:![]()
Our busy April has continued and since our last update we have been called out to:![]()
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Friday 17 April, a teatime request to assist a walker needing help getting off the mountain above the Cwmfelinfach area near Cross Keys. The lady was uninjured but unable to find her way safely. A small group of team members was deployed and able to locate her then escort her to safety.![]()
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Friday 24 April, another Friday teatime this occasion we were called to a walker with an ankle injury sustained on the waterfalls trail in Bannau Brycheiniog - Brecon Beacons - National Park. With significant pain and swelling involved we treated the injury as a suspected fracture, our Remote Rescue Medics & Team Doctors administered pain relief and splintage then it was a stretcher carry to the car park for onward transport to hospital. ![]()
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Saturday 25 April, an early afternoon request to assist our Brecon Mountain Rescue Team colleagues with an ankle injury on the footpath near Pont ar Daf in Bannau Brycheiniog. As we were en route it became apparent of the close proximity of the casualty to the car park and our Brecon Team colleagues were able to deal with, so we were stood down. But not for long.![]()
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Not long after getting home we were soon back out again for another ankle injury when we had another teatime request, this time to assist Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust Paramedics at the Wenallt area of Caerphilly Mountain, with a lady walker and her ankle/lower leg injury. Querying a fracture (but we later heard it was a dislocation), we packaged the lady in one of our stretchers and carried to the ambulance. ![]()
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Sunday 26 April, teatime again, we were called to assist a young person fallen into a ravine in forestry on the mountain above Glyneath. Responding alongside our Western Beacons Mountain Rescue Team colleagues, upon our arrival the casualty was winched aboard Maritime and Coastguard Agency Rescue Helicopter R387 #StAthan. We were back at our base for 8pm, and then: ![]()
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Sunday activity continued at 9.15pm when we were called to the Neuadd area of Bannau Brycheiniog for two walkers stranded on the Neuadd Ridge. We soon had team members with the couple and with them uninjured we escorted them off the mountain to safety. ![]()
Back to base for 1.00am in the early hours of Monday, and then:![]()
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Monday 27 April at 03.40am base was open again to respond to two people needing help getting out of forestry and off the Rhigos Mountain above Hirwaun. As team members were en route and as our first response vehicle was leaving base we received confirmation from South Wales Police that their Officers were with the two and bringing them to safety. We stood down and by 04.00am were returning to our homes for a couple of hours’ sleep before breakfast. ![]()
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As indicated by the length of this post, there’s been a lot happening!