Snowbound men saved by first ski rescue

A RESCUE team had to ski across Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains to reach four men trapped in their 4x4s by heavy snow drifts during a freezing nine-hour ordeal.

One of the men, who stumbled across the others while trying to find a house, had to wrap himself in a wetsuit and tarpaulin to keep warm overnight.

Mountain rescue teams, who believe it was the first ski rescue in Ireland, said the stranded group were lucky to have picked up a mobile phone signal.