Scots mountain rescue team called to save two hikers after injuries
A walker and a climber needed assistance at the weekend.
A helicopter was sent to the rescue of a climber who got stuck up a Scots mountain at the weekend. They got into difficulty while climbing Beinn Eighe, in the Torridon area of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands.
It lies to the south of Loch Maree, forming a long ridge with many summits, and on Saturday a walker became stuck. A helicopter was scrambled from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Volunteers from Torridon Mountain Rescue Team went to assist the August 23, 2025, rescue. They got the walker to safety and returned to base - only to have to help someone else.
A runner had fallen and broken their hand while coming down from Maol Chean-dearg. The mountain is in the Northwest Highlands, between Upper Loch Torridon and Loch Carron, in the Coulags deer forest.
The runner had to walk for more than three hours, before being taken back to base by the team. They were given pain relief, and an x-ray confirmed they had broken their hand.
A post about the operations on the Torridon Mountain Rescue Team Facebook page revealed the missions and showed pictures of the helicopter.
It said: "In the early hours of Saturday morning, the team was alerted to a walker stuck in technical terrain around the classic Black Carls ridge scramble on Beinn Eighe.
"A small team was whisked onto the mountain by Maritime and Coastguard Agency helicopter Rescue 151, but with relatively low cloud, there was still a fair romp up onto the ridge with heavy packs and technical rescue gear.
"After a careful escort along the ridge with rope systems in place, the walker was successfully extracted and the team were back at base by 7am. A long night!
"As the team were travelling back to base, they were alerted to a runner attempting the daunted The Martin Moran Foundation Martin Moran Round. The runner had fallen on the descent from Maol Chean-dearg, and thought they had broken their hand.
"Well equipped and experienced, they walked themselves out over 3hrs almost to the roadside, where the team brought them to base for pain relief and immobilisation.
"An x-ray later revealed a nasty break to two bones in the hand. As ever a big thank you to the crew of Rescue 151 for their support on this rescue."
And the team asked for donations towards their rescue group, which is staffed by volunteers. The post said: Our team is made up of volunteers who are on call 24/7, 365 days a year to help those in need in the mountains.
"We are almost entirely funded by public donations. Please consider donating." Anyone who wishes to donate to Torridon mountain Rescue Team can do so here.