Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation

Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation provides an essential service around Tryfan and its surrounds. Throughout the history of the Organisation, there have been some memorable incidents. The Team has been involved in some large mountain searches, which have resulted in national publicity. Sometimes these multi-day searches have resulted in the recovery of a body but in 1973, four Duke of Edinburgh boys were found after four days of searching by 500 people. In 1988 the Team was called to rescue three canoeists from the raging torrents of the Conwy Falls.

The Ogwen team continues to be one of the busiest Mountain Rescue Teams in the country assisting the Police and Ambulance authorities with rough terrain search and rescue in Northern Snowdonia. Its members are on stand-by 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year; giving their time for free to assist fellow users of the great outdoors who have come to grief.