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The team was called out at 7pm to search for a missing fisherman who was last seen near Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe early on Sunday morning.  The alarm was raised when he did not return home later in the day. 

The team searched around the loch edge to the north and south of the castle until just before midnight before standing down for the night. Meanwhile Strathclyde police team and Coastguard took over. Several members of the team re-joined the search in the morning of 4th Feb but as yet the missing person has not been found.  

The team were called out at 2010hrs to search for  2 walkers reported overdue from their walk up Beinn Achallader  The pair turned up 5 minutes later, having walked off wrong side of hill.

The team were stood down at 2018hrs. 

The team were called out at  2010hrs to rescue two climbers stuck on a winter climb known as Taxus on Beinn an Dothaidh. 

As the team prepared to head to the top of the hill and lower down to the stranded couple Rescue 137 sea king helicopter arrived and was able to find and winch the couple off the hill.

The team stood down at  2225 hrs to return to base. 

The team was called out at 0342hrs on Monday morning to search for a walker reported missing on Ben a’Chreachain, Bridge of Orchy since his last contact at 6pm the night before.

The team arrived at Achallader Farm just before the head torch light of the missing person was spotted as he approached the carpark.  He had taken considerably longer than expected to re-trace his steps back along the Achallader ridge after failing to find a safe descent off Beinn a’Chreachain. He and his jack Russell dog were fine if a little tired.

The team stood down at 0557hrs and back to base by 0730hrs.