Snowdon,North Wales - Two men stranded overnight in Ogwen Valley amid blizzards, gales and avalanche fears

Seems it's all the rage to go up the mountain in bad weather!

This morning two dozen mountain rescue members were on Glyder Fach to help find the men, who had called for help.

The men from West Yorkshire, one aged 35 and the other 40, were winched to safety at roughly 10.30am by the coastguard helicopter.

Snow in Ogwen Valley in Snowdonia

• 14 JAN 2016
• BY TOM DAVIDSON

Weather in the area was so appalling that rescuers were forced to abandon search during early hours before resuming the search this morning

A massive rescue operation was launched when two walkers became stuck in a gully in Ogwen Valley overnight amid blizzards, gales and fears of an avalanche.

The weather was so atrocious that rescuers were forced to step down yesterday and resume their search for the two men today.

They were flown to the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation (OVMRO) base to warm up following their night in the cold.

The initial call to OVMRO volunteers came yesterday at 5.30pm with anxieties of an avalanche due to the large amount of soft snow that had fallen.

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The pair were trapped in a gully at Glyder Fach, about 3,260ft up.

Blizzards, gales and avalanche fears hampered the rescue efforts last night with conditions described as “incredibly difficult”.

Chris Lloyd, OVMRO , said the search was called off at 1am “reluctantly”.

By this morning OVMRO were joined by rescue teams from Aberglaslyn, Llanberis and RAF Valley.

Mr Lloyd said: “Conditions improved somewhat this morning and at roughly 10.30am the pair were located by the helicopter and winched to safety.”

He added that the pair had set off on their ascent “quite late”

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