RESCUES SOAR ON PEAK'S'MOST CHALLENGING'ROUTE

THE most challenging route up Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) was last month the mountain’s busiest for rescues.

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The Watkin Path saw the highest number of call-outs during an “especially active month” for Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team (MRT).

Among its deployments last month was a tragic callout involving the deaths of sisters Hajra Zahid, 29, and Haleema Zahid, 25.

Having travelled to Yr Wyddfa with friends from the University of Chester, the students drowned in one of the Rhaeadrau waterfall pools that line a section of the Watkin Path.

Llanberis MRT said any of its June callouts involved "potentially serious injuries". The team added: “A significant number could have been avoided with better planning or preparation - especially considering how quickly conditions can change in the mountains.”