At 14:30 on January 16th the North West Ambulance Service tasked Patterdale MRT to help them with an unresponsive male casualty on the path that traverses Dunmallard Hill at Pooley Bridge. Several team members along with a team Doctor attended the incident along with colleagues from Penrith MRT and the crew from the GNAA helicopter.…

Two female walkers became disorientated in low cloud and darkness. The Team Leader spoke to them via phone and established their location. They were well down on the West side of Nethermost Pike so the call was passed to Kewsick MRT. They were escorted safely from the mountain.

On Sunday 17 February, the Patterdale MRT were alerted to flashing lights above Ruthwaite Lodge in the Grisedale Valley by a local gamekeeper. The Team sent a small group to investigate, but after a brief search no lights could be seen. The team were stood down.

6.00PM Saturday 23 February 2019.Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the Cumbria Constabulary to go the aid of a woman that was being carried down the fell by two gentlemen after she had sustained a leg injury, this was reported to be somewhere between Red tarn and on the path to the Helvellyn YHA.The…

A couple became lost after attempting a circuit around Swirral Edge, over Helvellyn and returning down from Sticks Pass. Having missed the turning to descend they ended up on rough ground to the North East of Great Dodd and as the light began to fade they decided to call the Team. Two members were dispatched…

A 46 year old woman from Carlisle fell and sustained a lower leg injury while walking on Steel Knotts above Howtown on Thursday. Ten team members responded to the incident and the lady way treated at the scene before being stretchered down to the valley bottom and taken to Carlisle CIC for further care.

The team were called by Cumbria Police to reports of a multiple road traffic collisions on Kirkstone Pass during a heavy snow shower. The team assisted 33 members of the public who were caught up in the incident. A woman in her fifties was assessed on scene for suspected fractured ribs and an arm injury…

Patterdale MRT were alerted by Cumbria Police to a search for a male in the area of Helvellyn. After detailed enquiries were made over a period of time the male was located in the area of Langdale Ambleside MRT and the search was handed over to them for completion.

Patterdale MRT were alerted by Cumbria Police Tuesday 26th February, to an elderly gentleman who had sustained a head injury while out walking with friends close to Hayeswater Dam. The gentleman who was “walking wounded” had continued making his way down with colleagues from the Dam to the carpark at Hartsop, where he was met…

Patterdale MRT were called out last night to two walkers and their dogs near to Dove Crag. If they had been properly equipped we could have helped them to help themselves to safety. However they had no torch or compass and, given it had gone dark, we had to dispatch team members to their location.…