Oban Mountain Rescue Team

Oban Mountain Rescue Team

provides search and rescue cover for an area covering the northwest of Argyll from Bridge of Orchy to Campbeltown and the islands including Mull and Jura.

People

Our team consists of 35 active members all of who are unpaid volunteers dedicating their time to helping people in need at any hour of the day or night 365 days a year

Callouts

We respond to between 15 and 30 call-outs a year in all weathers, all terrains and locations throughout our operational area

All Seasons, All Weathers

We operate in all types of weather at all times of the day and night.

Welcome to Oban Mountain Rescue team

Oban Mountain Rescue Team provides search and rescue cover for an area covering the northwest of Argyll from Bridge of Orchy to Campbeltown and the islands including Mull and Jura. Our team consists of 37 active members all of who are unpaid volunteers dedicating their time to helping people in need, responding to between 15 and 20 call-outs a year. All our members are experienced mountaineers with vast amounts of local knowledge. Every member is also an emergency first aider. If you feel you can help the team in any way or would like further information, please contact us As a voluntary organisation we rely heavily on the support and generosity of organisations and individuals. Please visit our Acknowledgements page and our Fundraising pages to see how we are supported and also to find out how you can help.

The good, the bad and the Udlaigh…

Things were going quite peacefully over Christmas, no committee meetings, no arguing over what jackets the team should buy, no arguing where the landrover should be kept or who Kenny will allow to drive it! Lunchtime on Friday 4th January and I was talking to Kenny Harris in WH Smiths,…