Be prepared for bad weather mountain rescuers warn
A search and rescue team has warned those planning to travel to the mountains to be prepared for bad weather and the environment.
The Aberdyfi search and rescue team issued the warning with temperatures set to tumble and sleep and snow possible.
Team members were called out to Cader Idris on Monday at 2.30pm after police received fragmented calls suggesting that walkers were in trouble on Cader Idris. One of the walkers was believe to have had a leg injury but a flat battery on the caller's phone then meant no more information could be gained.
A team spokesman said that with little to work with, and with the information available seeming confused and contradictory, the team was called out to start a sweep of likely places.
Shortly after deploying, team volunteers encountered the first male near the bottom of the Minffordd path, a little time later the second man, reported by the informant to be already in the carpark, was located higher up the same path. Both were safe and well.
Everyone was safely off the mountain by 5:00 p.m.
"The men, both from Usk, seemed unprepared for the environment and the prevailing and predicted weather conditions on Cader Idris. It would appear that they were very lucky that events did not take them to a less favourable outcome."
