On Tuesday 25th of February the Team were requested to begin investigating an overdue walker after her partner called the police and expressed concern for her welfare. As the Team Leader was assessing the situation the woman regained cellular phone signal and was able to contacted her partner.
The team were stood down and no action was taken. Called with good intent.
This incident involved one Team member and took just ten minutes.

On Saturday 22nd of February Patterdale Team members were tasked as part of the LDSMRA Drone Team to assist County Durham Police and Teasdale Mountain Rescue Team in the search for a missing 23yr old ultra runner who had been reported missing since the previous Tuesday.
Saturday provided a brief weather window for the use of drones before the forecasted storm was due to arrive on Sunday.
This incident involved two Team members and took 11hrs.

At 16:13 on Saturday 8th February Cumbria Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to a party of 5, all in their early twenties, reporting themselves lost on Helvellyn.  The details of the 999 call had been passed to Cumbria Police by Lancashire Constabulary after it had been routed there.
After several attempts, mobile phone contact was made with the party who were close to the Helvellyn summit cross shelter.  When they discovered that it would take the rescue team at least an hour and half to assemble and reach their location, and that they would be expected to walk back down, the members of the party decided they would retrace their steps to descend back along Striding Edge.  The Team monitored their progress and closed the call when they reached the footpath down from Red Tarn.
The incident involved 2 team members for 90 minutes.

At 18:10 on Saturday 8th February Cumbria Police contacted the Team with a report of four 19 year old men who were lost in the vicinity of Hart Crag.
Mobile phone communication was established and a “phone finder app” was used to locate the party who were in Link Cove to the North of Hart Crag.  They had been hoping to spend the night in the Priest's Hole on Dove Crag but had become disorientated trying to find it in the dark.  They were directed back on to the path along Hartsop Above How, where they met up with other people who were planning to camp in Houndshope Cove.  Having been advised that it was unsafe to attempt to find Priest's Hole in the dark due to the cliffs beneath it, the party of four joined the campers in Houndshope Cove, intending to descend back down to Patterdale in the morning.
The incident lasted one hour and involved one team member.

On Sunday 12/01/2025 at 1400hrs the team were tasked by Cumbria Police to rescue an exhausted walker who had been located on the top of Hartsop Above How. Passersby had come across a lone walker in his seventies who was exhausted and cold and had lost course. The walker had set off from Ambleside that morning around 09oo hrs and had planned a circular walk. When he was located he did not have the strength to continue in the deep snowy conditions. Initially the passersby had attempted to assist him off the fell, however after a while the exhausted and very cold walker was unable to stand up or move. The team responded quickly and a coastguard helicopter was also requested due to the high risk of  hypothermia. Due to deep snow on the ground it took 1hr30min for the team to reach the casualty. In the meantime a coastguard helicopter which had been dispatched from Caernarfon also arrived in the area, however due to the low cloud was unable to land anywhere near the scene. The helicopter diverted to land at the Patterdale base waiting for a break in the weather. Meanwhile the cold casualty was wrapped in a casualty bag with heat packs and a vapour barrier to prevent further heat loss and he was put on a stretcher. The team then set off hauling the stretcher through the snow to evacuate the casualty off the fell. Due to the deep snow and difficult terrain progress was very slow. Fortunately the coastguard crew who had been following progress, decided to attempt a second landing and this time were successful. The casualty was then flown to Carlisle hospital for further treatment. Needless to say the team are very grateful to the coastguard crew who recognised the difficult conditions the team were operating in and who stood by patiently until they could assist.

Around 10:30 am on the 5th of January, the Team received information from Cumbria Police  that a fell walker who had been camping out had found three abandoned tents.
The previous evening the fell walker saw lights at the same location.
Later that evening a Patterdale Mountain Rescue Deputy Leader had seen lights descending the fell near that location.
With no further reports of missing people, the team were stood down.
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