Seven Snowdon rescues

Seven people were rescued from Mount Snowdon last night in three separate rescues.

In the first rescue two men from Essex, aged 60 and 40, were helped down from Cwm Idwal after wandering on to a dangerous rock face.

Later a team from RAF Valley went to the aid of a 19-year-old girl from Liverpool University who had injured her ankle while descending from the Glyder range near Bethesda. She was brought down before receiving hospital treatment at Bangor.

In the final rescue of the night, four 20-year-old men were helped after finding holes covered up by snow when climbing Tryfan.

Rescuers had to deal with difficult conditions including lightning, snow, hail and rain.