Assynt Mountain Rescue Team
VOLUNTEERS
We are all volunteers. We train monthly using our specialised rescue equipment and search and rescue techniques. This ensures we are ready to respond to any call out, any time. However training and equipment costs money, and we continually fund raise or accept donations and sponsorship to meet our needs.
MOUNTAINS OR URBAN
Assynt Mountain Rescue Team is ready to respond to any call out, 24 hours a day, all year in Caithness and Sutherland. We respond to requests from Police Scotland to assist in mountain searches, rescues or recoveries. We also assist with lower level countryside and urban incidents when required.
Our Partners
Other Team Information
Often we need to access some remote and difficult areas. We value the support given by estates to transport us by boat, argo or other means when a helicopter is not appropriate.
We often work with estates in our area when training, using their equipment and getting to know how we can help each other in times of emergencies.
Much of our rescues are aided by helicopter. The Aeronatical Rescue Co-ordination Centre (ARCC) tasks and co-ordinates all aeronatical SAR activity across the UK. We can be working with the Sikorsky S92s based in Stornoway or Agusta Westland AW189s in Inverness.
Assynt Mountain Rescue covers many popular hills in Sutherland and Caithness, from Suilven, Cul Mor and Ben Mor Assynt north to Ben Klibreck, Ben Hope and Ben Loyal. Although many of the mountains are not munro's, they are often remote and challenging.
There are also some remote coastlines and sea stacks such as Old Man of Stoer.
contact us
AMRT Leader
Free Church Manse
Achiltibuie
Ullapool
IV26 2YG
Assynt Mountain Rescue. Charity Number SC049089