On Friday 30/01/25 at 1700hrs Patterdale MRT assisted Keswick MRT on an incident on the west side of Helvellyn. A walker had slipped and fallen in the snow a 100 meters  down a gully on Brown Cove Crags. Five Patterdale Members had just returned to the base from a snowy walk on Helvellyn, when the…

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Stood Down After Missing Child Found Safe At approximately 6:00am on 28 January, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was requested by Silver Command to assist in a search that…

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } Patterdale-Mountain Rescue Teams Respond to a collapsed climber on Helvellyn On Saturday afternoon, Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was tasked by Cumbria Police to attend an emergency incident on Helvellyn. Initial information indicated…

On 11-11-2026 Cumbria Police contacted Patterdale Mountain Rescue requesting assistance for a camper that was stranded on Nethermost pike 890m above sea level in a winter storm. Unfortunatly the location had no phone signal causing a lack of communication and a difficulty pinpointing the casualties location.  Once his location was established two team members were…

In the early hours of Sunday morning Patterdale MR were contacted requesting assistance with a vehicle that was stuck in snow on a steep section of Kirkstone pass. Following discussions with Cumbria Police it was agreed that the best action would be for the police to attend in a 4×4 with support from Mountain Rescue…

Patterdale drone deployed as part of a second day regional search. A person had been reported missing on 09/01/26 with evidence suggesting they were likley to be in the Howgill area. Patterdale provided drone support as part of the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue – Drone group. Five drones were deployed to photograph and…

The team received their first call out for 2026 and were mobilised on Tuesday 06/01/2026 regards an incident at Aira Force. A female in her seventies had fallen on slippy ground and injured her hip and was unable to walk. The team located the casualty near the top of the falls. Due to recent rain…

At 22.45 hrs on New Year’s Eve Cumbria Police contacted the Team to reports of an SOS signal  flashing above Ullswater on Place Fell. The Duty Leader contacted the informant and gathered details establishing that the lights had been seen for around 10 minutes  in total and then gone off and were described as flashing…

Following a call to Cumbria Police, the team were asked to assist a man on High Street near Cairn Racecourse Hill. Unfortunatly despite having made good progress through the day he found himself disorientated, cold and without any means of light other than his phone as darkness arrived. Thankfully whilst the Duty Leader was remotley…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Marks 100th Call-Out of the Year with Christmas Day Rescue Whilst most families were settling down for their evening at home at 17:45 on December 25th, Cumbria Police alerted Penrith MRT to a broken emergency call from a walker in distress. With limited information they realised the call was possibly in…

On Sunday 7th December at 13:00hrs the Team were contacted by Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue after they had received a call for assistance from North West Ambulance.  A male had been reported to have fallen around 40 Metres down scree and rocks whilst descending from Dove Crag in the Hartsop Valley and as it was in…