Dundonnell mountain rescue team move into new Dingwall base
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A TEAM of mountain rescuers who cover a vast area across Ross-shire is celebrating the completion of its new east coast base.
The premises at Dingwall Business Park has recently been handed over to Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team (DMRT) which raised £185,000 to fund the purpose-built base.
It was designed by architect Reynolds Architecture and built by contractor J C Cameron Ltd.
Keith Bryers, chair of the DMRT Board of Trustees, said: “The team’s ‘east coasters’ are very pleased to have taken occupation of the base, which will provide, for the first time, a secure garage for the team’s east coast vehicles, a training room and stores.
“We shall have a formal opening later in the year but we are already using it for training events and as a muster point on being called out by Police Scotland.”
Mr Bryers paid tribute to the generosity of the project’s main funders, the Robertson Trust, sportscotland, Stafford Trust, Crerar Hotels Trust, SSE Fairburn Community Windfarm Trust, Robert Barr Trust, Foyle Foundation, Basil Samuel Trust, Nancy Massey Trust, The Great Wilderness Challenge, Lochluichart Community Trust, W M Mann Trust, AMW Trust, Scottish Mountaineering Trust, Strathconon & Scardroy Estate, Letterewe Estate and Lifescan Scotland. The team of around 40 volunteers is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to help anyone in difficulty on the hills.
The team’s territory covers 2,600 square miles of rugged and remote mountainous terrain, including Coigach, An Teallach, the Fannichs, Ben Wyvis, Glen Affric, Mullardoch and Strathfarrar/Monar. The area goes as far south as Invermoriston and takes in 40 Munros and some 75 other mountains of note.
The team already has rescue posts at Dundonnell, Ullapool and Gairloch, with vehicles based at these locations, plus Dingwall.
Members are spread throughout the various communities in the team’s area.
Further information about the team, which is a registered charity, and its activities, including how a donation can be made to help fund the team’s activities, can be found on the team’s website: http://www.dmrt.org.uk
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