On Tuesday 10th May at 11.45 hrs  Cumbria police called the team to reports of four elderly walkers who were doing the coast to coast. They had set off from Patterdale earlier in the day and as they got towards the Knott the weather deteriorated and started raining and low cloud. One of the four…

At about 21:15 on Monday 9/5/22 the Team received a report that a party of 3 women in their early sixtys who were walking the Coast to Coast long distance route had not arrived at their overnight accommodation at Patterdale Youth Hostel.  Their last known location was Grasmere village in the early afternoon and they…

On Thursday 5/5/2022 at around 15:45hrs the team were called by the North West Ambulance Service regards a female who had twisted her knee and was unable to continue. The location was given as near Red Tarn below Hellvellyn. The team leader could not get back in touch with the casualty to establish the exact…

On Saturday 30/04/22 at around 12:00hrs, the team were called out regards a walker who has twisted their ankle and were unable to walk. The incident had occurred on the lower slope of Gowbarrow Fell just above Dockray. The first team members on scene treated the injury with a splint to stabilise the injury. The…

On Tuesday 3rd May at  15.40hrs Cumbria Police called  Langdale And Ambleside team to a report of  Two males possibly in the Dove Crag area of Patterdale region. On speaking to the informant Langdale Team leader established that at 13.30 hrs the boyfriend had sent a picture to the informant showing him possibly near Dove…

On Saturday 23/04/22 at around 1400hrs the team were called regards a walker who got disorientated and lost in the wood on the side of Glenridding Dodd. The walker had strayed of the path and got lost in an area with lots of fallen trees. The team leader made phone contact and with the help…

The Team were alerted by Keswick MRT who received a call from NWAS regarding a walker who had fallen from Helvellyn down towards Red Tarn. The team responded to the location, along with the air ambulance which located the casualty who had suffered minor injuries and transferred him to Carlisle Hospital for a check up.

A lady who was concerned for the whereabouts of her husband, who was late in returning from Helvellyn to their car, parked at Swirls Carpark, Thirlmere, contacted Cumbria Police on Wednesday night. Thankfully as the team were talking with the gentleman and Keswick MRT, he confirmed he was safe and well and within five minutes…

A group of walkers who found themselves on steep ground during their descent from Sticks Pass towards Greenside Mines called Cumbria Police for assistance. A member of the team was able to make contact via mobile, ascertain their location and guide the group back onto safe ground. The group who were extremely grateful, were then…

Unpaid volunteers of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team left their families and places of work on Wednesday 20th April in glorious sunshine to rescue an elderly gentleman who was suffering from cramp during his walk above Deepdale. The gentleman’s location was close to the submit of Cofa Pike, one the the least accessible places within Patterdale’s…

On Thursday 21 April, volunteers of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by NWAS to reports of a girl who had fallen off rocks and into Aira Beck, near to Parkgate Farm. When the team arrived on scene, the girl who had been out walking with friends, was being treated for her injuries by paramedics…

On Easter Monday 18/04/2022 around 1400hrs the team were called out by Cumbria Police regards a runner who had injured her ankle on Arthurs Pike. The casualty had been running with her partner when she went over on her ankle. They tried to get off the fell by themselves initially, however when the pain was…