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The team were called out at 0228 to search for and rescue 2 people stuck on Ben Sgulaird. 

Usual team callout procedures were thwarted by lack of operational mobile phone masts after the previous Thursday's storm. So most of the team were mustered via their landlines.

The walkers torch lights were quickly spotted just below the summit of the ben above Glen Ure Farm on very steep craggy ground. Team members were dispatched up the hill to approach the walkers from above with security ropes etc. 

At  0450 Rescue 137 sea king helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth arrived and was able to winch the two men off the hill. Both were fine and well equipped but cold having been stuck on the hill since before 5pm the previous evening. They had tried to descend the hill by a direct route into the glen and become stuck and had decided to sit it out on a small snow ledge. They had tried to send a 999 call and text by mobile but had also been thwarted by the lack of mobile phone reception. They had been flashing their torch on and of all night but not seen by anyone. Fortunately one of their wives alerted police when the pair had not returned home according to the times on their route card. 

All of the team were off the hill by 0530 and home by 0700hrs.