The team were called out after a couple had raised the alarm when they got stuck on Striding Edge. By the time the team made contact they had managed to get on the Helvellyn plateau. It had gone dark by then and the couple were not confident navigating themselves off the mountain. The team send…

The team was called on Saturday 15/01/2022 at around 2pm regards a young scout who was exhausted and struggled to continue to walk. The young casualty was part of a scout group who were doing a walk around Angle Tarn from Hartsop. The team leader made phone contact with the scout leader. Fortunately the young…

At 14.23 hrs on Tuesday 4th January a report was received by the duty leader that vehicles were stuck on the Kirkstone Pass with possible damage and unknown if any injuries had occurred. On liaising with Cumbria Police they requested that the team were mobilised to investigate due to the conditions of the road reported…

At 16.30 hrs on New Year’s Day  Patterdale Mountain Rescue were requested by North West Ambulance to assist a female who had been walking with her family and slipped on a wet grassy path, fallen and heard  a crack from her ankle. The family had been descending Low Dodd down to Sandwick at the time…

The team were called by Cumbria Police at 17.50 hrs on New Year’s Eve to reports of two males who had requested assistance after becoming lost due to the low cloud and being overcome by darkness.  The location of the two males who were  from the West Midlands area were quickly located by Sarloc to…

At 06:47 on Thursday 30th December Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team received a request to assist Wasdale MRT with a search for a man and his 11 year old son who had gone missing after setting out to climb Scarfell the previous day.  The search had been started the previous evening.  A vehicle and 4 team…

On Friday the 10/12/21 some of the team were out training when a local farmer got in touch regards a sheep which was stuck in the Greenside mine area. As well as being an excellent training opportunity the team are always keen to support the local farmers. The nonplussed sheep was stuck on a ledge…

The team were called by Cumbria Police at 16.30 hrs on Saturday 4th December after a report that a male had possibly heard someone shouting for help whilst walking in Glenamara Park near Patterdale. The Duty Leader spoke to the informant and established that he had heard the shouting over a short period of time…

On Monday 29/11/21, the team were called by Cumbria Police regards two vehicle which has crashed into each other after trying to descent the Struggle into Ambleside. At that time this road was closed due to the levels of snow and the vehicles had slid into each other. The team leader called the affected party…

Patterdale MRT were called to assist Penrith MRT in a search for walkers who had failed to return after a walk in the Pennines. The Team were tasked to search the Pennine Way from the transmitter station at Great Dun Fell towards Cross Fell. As the team were mobilising to scene the walkers turn up…

On Sunday 21st November, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were call by North West Ambulance Service to assist a lady who had fallen and injured her wrist while walking above Greenside Mines. As the Team were preparing to mobilise from base, a further call was received from NWAS, to confirm the lady had safely made her…