13.11 Sunday 17 November 2019Cumbria Police requested the assistance of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to go to the aid of a lady in her mid fifties who had slipped whilst walking with family and friends and sustained a suspected fractured ankle.This happened just above the main Aira Force water fall on the approach to Gowbarrow…

A 72 year old female from the Gloucestershire area slipped and injured her ankle whilst walking above Boredale on Beda Fell. The lady was treated at the scene by a team doctor and lowered from the fell on a team stretcher. The rescue involved 13 team members and took a total of 4 hours.

The team attended footpath at the rear of Gillside following a call regards a male with an injured knee. The male had injured his knee whilst descending and was unable to continue. The casualty and his partner were able to alert a passer-by who contacted the Mountain Rescue team. The casualty was treated at the…

At 15:01hrs Patterdale MRT were alerted by Cumbria Police to 3 people who reported themselves lost in cloud on Helvellyn. The Team managed to obtain the exact locate the missing persons using “phone find”. The location was confirmed as Willie Wife Moor and the callout was handed over Keswick MRT for conclusion.

Patterdale team were called out by Cumbria Police to assist in the search for a missing female. The female had gone missing from the Watermillock area and at that point not been seen for about 24hrs. 23 team members responded and searched land bordering the A592 under Gowbarrow Fell. The team was further assisted by…

As the team prepared to commence a second day of searching the missing female was located and the team were stood down.

Members of Patterdale MRT were alerted by Cumbria Police to prepare for a search of the surrounding area of Waterfoot, Ullswater. As the Team were making search preparation the lady was located by search teams. The team was stood down and no further action was taken.

11.00am Sunday 15 December 2019Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police to assist with the extraction of a gentleman who was stuck in his vehicle after a two car crash on the northerly decent of Kirkstone pass.The Team arrived on scene alongside the Air Ambulance crew, the Fire Brigade and North West Ambulance…

Members of Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police, Saturday 28 December, to a gentleman who had collapsed below The Rake above Glenridding. On arrival at the casualty site, the team assessed the gentleman before stretching him off the fell and bringing him back to his holiday accommodation in Glenridding. The incident lasted 90 minutes.

On Thursday 29/08/19 at around 1400hrs Cumbria Police received a call from a female in distress who had fallen in a bog and had then made her way to the shelter cairn on Great Dodd. Patterdale MRT team leader then spoke to the female over the phone. The female had become disorientated due the bad…

The team were called out on Saturday 28/09/19 at around 0930am with report of a male with a knee injury on the footpath by Mires Beck at the rear of Glenridding. The team happened to be at base training and were able to respond quickly. The male had taken a fall on wet rock whilst…