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,…

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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…

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Woman crag fast

Just before 4pm on Monday 14th October the team were called to assist a woman from the London area who had become crag fast while out walking in Martindale.The woman was assisted down from the fell by a young man whom was working in the valley bottom while the team were assembling.

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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.

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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…

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Slip close to Dockray

14.30 Tuesday 5.11.19Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by The North West Ambulance Service to go to assist an ambulance crew who were dealing with a female who had slipped and fractured her ankle on the low fells close to Dockray.The Team arrived and stretchered the lady off the fell to a waiting Team Land…

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Fell runner with suspected fracture dislocated shoulder, Arthur’s Pike

At 20:41hrs volunteer members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police to rescue a fell runner who had slipped and fallen while descending from Arthur’s Pike above Ullswater. The team accessed the location using their 4×4 landrover ambulance and on arrival, assessed the casualty for his injuries. After assessment the casualty was…

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Male fallen with head injury

On August 21st at around 1230 the team responded to an incident on Red Screes where an 84 year old male walker had taken a tumbling fall following a gust of wind. The male had a head and hand injury. Due to his age and memory loss following the incident, air evacuation support was requested.…

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Ankle Hartsop

The team were called to assist a lady who had injured her ankle on the path above Hartsop. On further investigation it was decided that the lady could make her own way off the fell and the team were stood down.

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Man unwell after swimming in Ullswater

At 13:30 on Sunday the North West Ambulance service called Patterdale MRT to help them treat and evacuate a gentleman who was feeling unwell at Geordies Crag near Howtown. The gentleman who had gone for a swim to cool down had started to feel unwell and collapsed on the walk back to Howtown. The team…

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Missing group Helvellyn area.

At approximately 21:30 on Monday evening Cumbria Police alerted the team to a large family group that were lost somewhere between Raise and Stybarrow Dodd. The group had intended to walk a circular route over the top of Helvellyn but had become lost and disorientated as darkness fell. Having begun their walk at 16:00 and…

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Female with ankle injury Grisedale

The team was called out at around 1630 on Tuesday 27/08/2019 with a report of a female with an ankle injury. The female had descended into Grisedale Valley on a footpath and slipped. The casualty had an injury to her ankle which was treated and stabilised with a splint on scene by the team Doctor.…

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