The Team were called by Cumbria Police at 22:38 on Saturday 22nd June to a report of flashing lights seen on Barton Fell beneath Arthur’s Pike.  On contacting the informant, they stated that they could now see several lights on the skyline.  The duty leader pointed out that there was a charity event running which…

On Friday 21/06/24 at around 18:00 hrs the team were called out by Cumbria Police. They had received a 999 call from a Penrith Mountain Rescue member reporting a young male with an injured ankle on St Sunday Crag. The Penrith member was with 3 colleague’s out walking when they had come across the injured…

On Tuesday 18/06/24 at 17:30 hrs, the team were called out by NWAS. The report was that a female walker had fallen off a cliff and had sustained a back/shoulder injuries. The location of the incident was at Glencoyne Wood, below Glenridding Dodd. The first Landrover was on scene quickly and the casualty and her…

On Sunday 09/06/24 at around 1330hrs the team were called out regards a male with chest pains. The male had been walking down the side of Aira Force with family and friends and started to feel unwell and was complaining of chest pains. A staff member from the Aira Force National Trust office had been…

At about 05:20 on Thursday 06 June Cumbria Police contacted the Team with a report of a man stuck on Helvellyn.  From the location of the 999 call it appeared that he was high up in the back of Brown Cove. While the Team were assembling to begin a search, the man re-contacted the Police…

On the 4th June 24 Cumbria police received a call from a person lost on the summit of Helvellyn. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team were initially Tasked with  the job but as the information revealed the walker was on Patterdale’s area it was handed over to us. The walker made an initial call, enough to get…

On Saturday 25/05/24 at around 1600 hrs the team were called out by the North West Ambulance Service regards a female who had slipped whilst walking by Aira Force. The female had a suspected ankle injury. The first team members who arrived at Aira Force located the casualty at the cascades at the top of…

At lunchtime on Monday May 20th Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were tasked by the North West Ambulance Service to an incident in the area of Silver Point, on the shore of Ullswater, below Place Fell. A 78yr old female had taken a stumbling fall, sustaining an arm injury and facial lacerations. Once on scene, a…

On the evening of Tuesday 14th May Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were tasked by Cumbria Police to an incident just below Helvellyn of three people in their early 20s who could no longer make their way down the fell and were crag-fast. A team of seven Mountain Rescue team members were dispatched to meet up…

During some training the Ullswater Steamers Staff reported to the team that a tent  had been seen in the same location for 2 weeks. Team members headed to the location and found the abandoned equipment, which they collected and brought back to the base to be repurposed. 7 team members were involved and lasted 2…

On the weekend when Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were celebrating their 60th anniversary, a call from the Police tasked them to an incident on a section of Striding Edge, known as the “Bad Step”. Initial reports stated that the casualty, a 27 year old man from Hull, had lost his footing on the ridge, fallen…

On Tuesday 30th April at 15:30hrs the Team were contacted by North West Ambulance Service to reports of a Male who had received a leg injury.  The Team responded in two Land Rovers and were able to drive to the location which was inaccessible by an Ambulance near to Dockray on the side of Gowbarrow.…