On Sunday 24th August at 17:42hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue were contacted by Cumbria Police to a report of a Female walker who was near Red Tarn and had injured her ankle.  On speaking to the casualty it was established she was with her family and had slipped whilst crossing the stream at Red Tarn and could only walk slowly due to the pain she was experiencing.
The Team were mobilised and headed on foot to the casualty from Greenside, the female was then treated for the injury,her ankle was suitably splinted , pain relief given and she was stretchered off the hill down to the Team Land Rovers. The party were then conveyed down to Glenridding where they had left their vehicle and proceeded to hospital for further treatment.
10 Team Members attended the rescue which took just over two hours to complete.

On Saturday 23rd August at 16:55hrs the team were tasked by Cumbria Police to a walker who had fallen  around 100m from Swirral Edge down towards Red Tarn. The Duty Leader called the team out and requested a Coastguard Helicopter to assist with the rescue due to the location and nature of the incident. Shortly after two mobiles with 10 members set off from Patterdale Base to head to the scene on foot.The Great North Air Ambulance also responded from Teeside but were unable to get to the casualty site and landed on Helvellyn Summit.  Coastguard Helicopter Rescue 912 from Humberside was on scene 30 minutes from the request for assistance and winched their paramedic down to the casualty. They then landed at Patterdale where they lifted the Team Doctor and Team Leader also winching them down to the casualty site to assist with treating the injured person .
The male was treated for serious trauma, given strong pain relief and then packaged in a vacuum mattress and placed on a stretcher and winched into the Rescue Helicopter where he was flown to the Major Trauma Hospital at Preston for further treatment.
The male had been walking with his son when he had tripped whilst descending Swirral Edge and unfortunately tumbled around 100m in total down rocky steep terrain before coming to a stop on the headwall above Red Tarn.
The Team would like to thank both Coastguard Rescue 912 for their swift assistance and also the members of the public who went to help the injured walker , they wish him a swift recovery and hope he is back on the fells as soon as possible.
19 Team members were involved in the Rescue which took 5 hours to complete.

On Saturday 9th August 2025 at 15:35hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by Cumbria Police to assist a walker who had sustained a lower leg injury while descending from the Red Tarn area. The injured individual was being supported off the fell by companions who had contacted emergency services for help.
Due to limited availability of Patterdale team members, Penrith Mountain Rescue Team was also requested to provide additional support.
Team members met the casualty and his group at Greenside, where he had been successfully assisted down from the fell by his friends. The injured leg was treated and splinted on scene by team medics. The casualty was then transported to hospital for further treatment by a member of his party.
We’d like to thank Penrith Mountain Rescue Team.

On Sunday 20/07/25 at 1322hrs, the team were called out to a walker who had slipped and injured her ankle. The walker had been walking with her partner and their baby in the Grisedale Valley when the incident happened. The team responded and located the casualty quickly. The injury was stabilised at scene and she was then transferred to a team mobile and taken back to the base. The casualty and partner then made their own way to hospital for further treatment. the rescue lasted 2.5 hrs and involved 11 team members

On Monday 7th July at 15:00hrs the Team were tasked by Cumbria Police to a report of an elderly male who had fallen in the Grisedale valley and unable to continue his walk, he was described as suffering with head and back injuries due to the nature of his fall. On arrival at the casualty it was established that he had in actual fact fallen near to Grisedale Tarn and had slowly walked down the valley until he succumbed to the pain and could walk no further. The male was assessed and given pain relief , he was then packaged in a vacuum mattress and placed onto a stretcher. Due to the nature of his injuries a request was made for assistance from the Great North Air Ambulance to fly the casualty to hospital , unfortunately due to conditions they managed to drop the Hems Doctor at scene but then had to land in the valley bottom and after consultation was decided he wouldn’t be flown in the aircraft. The casualty was carried off the hill down to the Team Land Rovers and then conveyed to Patterdale Base where he was handed over to the North West Ambulance Service for onward travel to hospital.  12 Team Members were involved in the incident taking 4 hours to complete.

On Monday 7th July whilst the Team were dealing with job number 60 a request was made from a Team Member who worked at the Outdoor Centre at Patterdale Hall for assistance of the Team Doctor for a young male who had slipped and had a serious fracture to his leg. The doctor and one other Team Member left the previous incident and attended , on arrival they administrated strong pain relief and started to treat the male alongside the Beep Doctor who attended a short while later.  The male was then conveyed to hospital by ambulance for further treatment.
The Team have had a busy few days with 5 rescues over the last 3 days.