Female fallen ankle injury

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.

Read More

Injured knee

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…

Read More

3 persons lost on Helvellyn

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.

Read More

female reported missing

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…

Read More

Search for missing female

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.

Read More

2 vehicle RTC in snow and ice on Kirkstone Pass

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…

Read More

Man collapsed below The Rake, Glenridding

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.

Read More

Group of 6 teenagers reported overdue

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by Cumbria Police to a group of 6 teenagers who were reported overdue at their rendezvous point by their party leader. As the weather conditions were good at the time, and the group we well equipped to spend the night on the fellside, and with no calls for help,…

Read More

Two fell runners delayed

At 1700hrs the team were called after the organisers of a local Fell race reported a team of two runners overdue. The last known sighting was at the top of St Sunday Crag. With the fading light the team were called out to start planning a search. 40 minutes later the team were stood down…

Read More

Upper arm injury Aira Force

At 14:30 North West Ambulance Service called upon the team to assist a lady from the Derby area whom had fallen and injured her arm while walking at Aira Force. The incident took eight team members two and a half hours.

Read More

Leg injury – The Knott

At 12:30 on Friday the team responded to a 999 call to go to the assistance of a gentleman who had fallen and sustained an upper leg injury while walking between Hayeswater and The Knott. The man who was from the Eden Valley had been walking with a friend when his slipped while descending a…

Read More