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…

On Saturday 12th November at 18.40hrs whilst the team were on another search they were made aware of a group of 4 who were lost in the dark near Threshwaite Mouth in Hartsop.  A Deputy Leader spoke to the group on the phone and established they were trying to walk back to their vehicle which…

On Saturday 12th November at 16:47hrs the team were called by Cumbria Police to reports of persons possibly needing assistance in the Grisedale Valley on the hillside between the sheepfolds and Hole in the Wall.  A Deputy Leader spoke to the informant who had walked down to Patterdale Base and on gathering further information from…

At 12:57 on Monday 17th Oct 2022, Patterdale MRT were alerted by Cumbria Constabulary that a 69 year old man from the south east had slipped on wet grass near to the summit of Hallin Fell, injuring his left ankle.  Eight Team members responded to the call out and and rendezvoused at Pooley Bridge before…