On Tuesday 21/02/23 Patterdale MRT responded to a request from Wasdale Mountain Rescue to assist in a search for a missing person. Wasdale team were coordinating an extensive search after being out overnight to locate a missing walker. At first light a team of 4 Patterdale Team members were tasked with searching the footpaths between…

Volunteers of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team had recently returned from their annual winter mountaineering weekend when they were called out by Cumbria Police, to reports of a lady who had slipped and injured her ankle while ascending the path up towards Red Tarn, Helvellyn. When the team arrived on scene, a bivi shelter was erected…

On Sunday 22/01/2023 at around 1600hrs the team responded to a call out at Angle Tarn. The information was that a female walker had injured her ankle and was unable to continue. The casualty had been on a walk with her sister when she had slipped on ice and gone over on her ankle. Fortunately…

On Sunday 18th December Cumbria Police requested assistance from  Patterdale Mountain Rescue to a minibus which had become stuck on KIrkstone Pass in the snowy conditions.  The team mobilised their Land rovers to the area where Team Members found a minibus full of passengers stranded after their vehicle had become stuck in the snow and…

On Sunday 21/08/22 at around 16:45 hrs. The team received a report via Cumbria Police that shouts for help had been heard in the Grisedale Valley. The person who had called the police had been flying a drone and seen some people on the fell and they believed they were shouting for help. The team…

On Tuesday 30/08/22 at around 21:30 Cumbria Police alerted the team regards a 999 call they had received from a couple of walker on their way down from Helvellyn. The walkers had stated they were on their way down and not lost nor injured, but that they were cold. The team leader unsuccessfully tried to…

On Sunday 14/08/22 at around 1830hrs the team were called regards a walker who was suffering from heat exhaustion and unable to walk. The team located the female walker on the Mires Beck path coming down from Birkhouse Moor. The casualty and her friends had walked Helvellyn via the edges and as they were coming…

On Saturday 15/10/22 at around 1300hrs the team were called regards a walker who had slipped and injured her ankle. She was with her partner on Heron Pike. Around the same time the team received a second call out about a walker who had fallen from Striding edge. The team leader made contact with Penrith…

On Wednesday 14/12/22 at around 1400hrs the team received a call regards a lone walker who had slipped on ice and felt dizzy after. The team were already dealing with another incident at the time. It was quickly established that the male was on a path coming down from Hartsop above How fell. Three team…

On Wednesday 14th December at 12.35hrs the team were requested by Cumbria Police to a female who had slipped on an icy path whilst descending Gowbarrow after setting off from Aira Force  with a walking group.  The Duty leader called out the team and 9 members attended where they were able to drive a Landrover…

On Saturday 04/12/22 at around 10:30 the team received a call out from NWAS regards a walker who had fainted and had suffered a seizure. The walker and her friend had only just set off from Hartsop to walk to Angle Tarn, when she unexpectedly fainted and fell to the ground. Another couple who were…

On Sunday 27th November at around 16:30 hrs  Cumbria Police requested the Teams assistance for a Female who had slipped and sustained a leg injury, she had been walking in the Grisedale valley descending from Birks towards Patterdale .The Deputy Leader contacted the casualties colleagues and due to the nature of the suspected injury from…