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.

MRT Conference

12 team members attended the UK and Irish Mountain Rescue Conference in Aviemore this weekend. A really good opportunity to meet with lots of other mountain rescue team members across the British Isles and share what we do. http://mrgathering2014.mountainrescuescotland.org/

Swift Water Training

White water training for Oban Mountain Rescue Team. Pushing river crossing to its limits and a tensioned diagonal crossing. Loads of very wet fun in Kinlochleven. Thanks to Andy for the photos

Ben Starav Search

Sad day yesterday. Large search on Ben Starav where Lochaber MRT and ourselves were helping Glencoe MRT to search for walker missing since Saturday. Conditions were difficult as Ben Starav is a very complex mountain with very challenging terrain. The weather did not help with frequent lightening strikes all around…

Ben More

Oban MRT were called out at 9:50pm last night to assist two Scottish Islands Peaks Race competitors ( from the boat ‘Honeybee’ ) in difficulty near to the summit of Ben More on Mull. Reports from other runners suggested conditions on the summit were horrendous earlier in the evening. Low…

Fundraising Ceilidh 28th February 2014

Come along and support Oban MRT’s Ceilidh on Friday 28th Feb @Skipinnish Ceilidh House, 9pm onwards with @trailwestband

Callout – Beinn Dorain 9/2/2014

The team was called out this afternoon to rescue a walker stuck in difficult conditions on Ben Dorain. Team members walked up and found him safe and well and accompanied him off the hill.

Update – Rescue on Beinn an Aighenan

Unfortunately a sad outcome to Saturday morning’s rescue. Condolences to the family from all at Oban MRT. http://m.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/son-of-tiso-founder-dies-in-climbing-accident-1-3274685

Rescue – Beinn an Aighenan 18/1/2014

Oban MRT were called out at 01:00am on Saturday morning to assist an injured hill walker on Beinn an Aighenan above Glen Kinglass. The casualty had fallen on steep ground near to the bealach between Beinn an Aighenan and Ben Starav. Thankfully conditions were clear and helicopter Rescue 177 was…

Rigging Training

Some pictures from our rigging and stretcher lowering training on Sunday in sunny Glen Noe.

New Website

Oban Mountain Rescue team are transitioning to a new website and webhosting. Please be patient as we develop our new home. You can in the interim keep up to date with the team via our Facebook page