On Tuesday 20 February at approximately 12.30pm Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were notified by Cumbria Police Force that two stray dogs were stuck in a precarious position on the headwall of Helvellyn. It soon became apparent that these were the two dogs reported missing on the previous Sunday afternoon.As The Team arrived at Red Tarn,…

At 13:06hrs on Christmas Eve, volunteer members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police to assist a female walker who had sustained a fractured ankle while out walking with friends at Winter Crag, Martindale. On arrival at scene the ankle was assessed and placed in a vacuum splint. The female was placed…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist North West Ambulance Service and Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service on Friday 8th December to help extract a lady who had been involved in a serious road accident and was down a steep embankment still inside her vehicle. The lady was stabilised on scene by Team Doctors…

Patterdale MRT were called to assist Penrith MRT with an incident above Blea Water early yesterday evening. A climber had suffered multiple injuries following a fall. The climber, and his colleague, were extremely well prepared and very experienced mountaineers. The rescue lasted for several hours, involved 40 mountain rescuers, the air ambulance and the Coastguard…

At 05:14hrs on Christmas Day, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by Cumbria Police of a couple who were potentially suffering the effects of hypothermia after spending the night in their tent next to Red Tarn outfall, beneath Helvellyn. Once mobile phone contact had been established with the couple, it became apparent that they were…

At 21:07hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by Cumbria Police of reports of flashing lights half way up Red Screes above Kirkstone Pass. The team sent members to meet up with the reporting person at the Kirkstone Inn, and, after subsequent investigation it was concluded the lights were coming from people who were camping.…

On Saturday 30th December, volunteer members of Patterdale MRT were alerted by Cumbria Police to a male and female who reported themselves as lost in the vicinity of Aira Force. As the team arrived at Aira Force to undertake a search the missing people turned up safe and well at the carpark. Another happy ending.…

On Tuesday 10 October 2017, Volunteers of Patterdale MRT were called out by NWAS, to help evacuate a woman with an ankle injury from St Raven’s Edge above Kirkstone Pass. The young lady who had been out walking with her partner was treated at the scene by the team doctor for a suspected fracture ankle.…

At approximately 18:24hrs on Monday 9th October, volunteers of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out by Cumbria Police to locate a party of missing walkers who were last scene in the area of Boredale Hause. As the team were assembling and preparing detailed search plans for the area, the team were informed by a…

At 16:34hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out by Cumbria Police to rescue a female walker who had slipped and injured her ankle while walking in Deepdale Park, above Deepdale The team Doctor who was on scene treated the lady for a suspected fractured ankle with a splint and pain relief. The lady was…