On 5/4/2025 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were contacted by Cumbria Police at 14.17 with a report of a female with a possible broken ankle at Hayeswater dam.The walker slipped whilst crossing the stream sustaining a painful injury to her lower leg. The team were called out and managed to drive to scene using the old…

On Thursday 3rd April at 11:45hrs the Team were tasked by Cumbria police to a male who had fallen whilst descending Great Mell Fell and had injured his leg.  The Team Landrover accessed to the scene through Mell Fell Wood and after a short walk were with the casualty, he was assessed and due to…

At  13:29 on Monday 31st March Patterdale MRT were contacted by North West Ambulance Service with a report of an 76 year old man who had tumbled about 8 meters from the Ullswater lake shore path. Eleven Patterdale MRT responded, launching the Team’s rescue boat and making their way to the scene beneath Hallin Fell.…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called at 09:42 on Friday 21st March by Cumbria Police who had received a report of a man entering the water to swim at Falling Rocks on Ullswater, but had not been seen to resurface.  The Team launched its rigid inflatable boat and joined colleagues from the Northwest Ambulance Service,…

At 13:25 on Thursday 5th March Cumbria Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to incident involving a man who had tripped and fallen several times during his walk and was now unable to continue.  Mobile phone communications with the casualty’s party were very poor, and the initial GPS location of the casualty site had an…

On Saturday 1st March the team went to the aid of two local sheep who had decided their grazing was much nicer in a precarious part of Harrison Crag in the Grisedale Valley.  The farmer had asked us for assistance to rescue the sheep as they had been in the same place for a few…

A 22-year-old walker was assisted off the fell by Patterdale Mountain Rescue on February 28th after becoming stuck on Swirril Edge. The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. The walker, was stuck on the ridge and unable to make her way forward or backward along the ridge. She contacted Cumbria Police for help, who then called…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Rescues Injured Fell Walker on Bonscale Tower Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team (PMRT) responded to a call for assistance on Bondale Fell after a 53-year-old male was discovered with a suspected lower limb injury. The injured walker was initially found by a PMRT member who was out on a run. Upon assessment…

On Saturday 22nd of February Patterdale Team members were tasked as part of the LDSMRA Drone Team to assist County Durham Police and Teasdale Mountain Rescue Team in the search for a missing 23yr old ultra runner who had been reported missing since the previous Tuesday. Saturday provided a brief weather window for the use…

On Tuesday 25th of February the Team were requested to begin investigating an overdue walker after her partner called the police and expressed concern for her welfare. As the Team Leader was assessing the situation the woman regained cellular phone signal and was able to contacted her partner. The team were stood down and no…

On Friday 21st February at 13.18hrs the Duty leader was contacted by Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue regarding a Male who had become cold, wet and exhausted whilst walking in bad weather. As the Casualty was in Patterdale’s area it was passed over to us to deal with. The Team were called out after initial contact was…

At 18:10 on Saturday 8th February Cumbria Police contacted the Team with a report of four 19 year old men who were lost in the vicinity of Hart Crag. Mobile phone communication was established and a “phone finder app” was used to locate the party who were in Link Cove to the North of Hart…