 KMRT is recruiting new team members for both hill and support operations. We are looking for people between the ages of 18 and 55 with hill walking and mountaineering experience as we do not teach the basics of mountaineering, navigation and hill craft. If you think that's you then find out more about joining KMRT and read our frequently asked questions.
KMRT is a voluntary organisation funded entirely by donations from the public.
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Alan Hinkes with members of KMRT at 636 (the highest point on Kinder Scout) We’re delighted to announce that Alan Hinkes will be the guest speaker at our Ruby Ball which will be held on Saturday 24 September 2011. Tickets are £40 each and include a three course meal. Entertainment is provided by vocalist Laura Jayne Hunter and Le Funk. For more information click here
We need your help to continue to do so for another 40 years – please support our landrover appeal. Find out how here 
The Kinder 40 Project 1971 was notable as the year in which a man played golf on the moon and the Kinder Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) came into being. KMRT was created from the Sett Valley Mountain Rescue Team and the Goyt Search and Rescue Team. KMRT is believed to be the only mountain rescue team named after a mountain and not a valley and at times (usually during a missing person search somewhere around Kinder Low), particularly apt. ‘To understand the history of mountain rescue in the Peak District’ we should go back before the 1939 war. Walking and climbing in the Kinder area had been very restricted prior to the passing of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act in 1949 and the establishment of the Peak District National Park in 1950 and their making access read more… |
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