Six walkers have been rescued after getting lost on Cader Idris.

Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team received a call to help the walkers, from two independent parties - at 5.30pm on Saturday (10 October).

One party had been attempting the Welsh Three Peaks challenge to raise money for charity, but both groups got lost in the low cloud and rain on the summit plateau of Mynydd Moel.

They joined forces to find a way off, but ended up coming down on the north rather than the south side of the mountain.

Finding themselves on the edge of darkness, wet cold and tired, and having run off the edge of their map, they called for help.

Team volunteers moved up the hill to meet the group, provide extra lighting, and escort them down to the road-head.

Everyone was safely back at vehicles shortly after 8pm.

Team spokesperson, Graham O’Hanlon, attended the rescue.

"The group descended the stream gully from Mynydd Moel directly to Llyn Arran, which would have been difficult, unstable and steep,” he said.

“I suspect they might not have attempted that route if they could have seen what they were getting into.

"With an unstable scree slope, and everyone feeling cold and tired, it could easily have become a much more serious incident.

"People can enjoy the mountains in all manner of conditions, but in poor weather and low cloud it is very easy to become disorientated, and it makes those key map and compass skills all the more important in order to stay safe and get the most from the day."