Lost on Hallin Fell in high bracken

On Sunday at just after 11 am while the team were on training in the Ullswater Valley we received a message from Cumbria Police informing us of a person lost on Hallin fell asking for advice. They had walk off the path the tried to get to the summit of Hallin Fell on route they…

Read More

Lost Walker on Stybarrow Dodd

On Saturday the 29th June, The rescue team had just got to the summit of Helvellyn on a previous job when we were alerted to a walker who had become lost on Stybarrow Dodd as the cloud levels had dropped. This was our 3rd job in the space of 2 hours, Penrith taking over the…

Read More

Tumbling Fall in Martindale

Whilst dealing with a callout relating to a casualty on Helvellyn the team received another message from Cumbria police alerting us to a person that had taken a tumbling fall resulting in head and chest injuries. As the team were mostly being used up on the first job, we handed it of to Penrith Mountain…

Read More

Ankle injury near the summit of Helvellyn

At Just after 15:15 on the 29th June Cumbria Police informed us of an incident near to the summit of Helvellyn. A 31 year old had sustained an ankle injury after being hit with a falling rock. The team were then alerted to the job and started making there way there. Whilst on route Cumbria…

Read More

Ankle injury at Aira Force

The Patterdale MRT Team were called out at 16:00 on Friday 28th June to assist a woman in her twenties, who had slipped and injured her ankle whilst walking at Aira Force.  Team members responded to the Park Brow car park and located the woman a hundred meters above High Force waterfall on the path…

Read More

Flashing lights seen from Troutbeck

The Team were alerted shortly after midnight on Monday 24th June to a report of flashing lights seen on the fell.  Investigations were undertaken, speaking to the reporting person and driving the fellside road, but nothing further was seen. In the absence of any report of overdue persons or other more specific information, the incident…

Read More

Scrambler Stuck on Eagle Crag

The Team were alerted at 14:01 on Sunday 23rd June by Keswick MRT to a 28 year old man who was stuck on Eagle Crag in Grisedale.  He had been scrambling on the crag but had strayed from his route and become cragfast.  Due to a poor mobile phone signal, his emergency call to the…

Read More

Flashing Lights on Arthur’s Pike

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…

Read More

Walker injures ankle on St Sunday

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…

Read More

Fallen walker Glencoyne wood

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…

Read More

Male with chest pains at Aira Force

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…

Read More

Cragfast in Brown Cove

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…

Read More