At 19:33hrs members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by Cumbria Police to a female who had become struck in her car due to snow conditions on the Kirkstone Pass. The Team mobilised a Landrover to investigate as it wasn’t possible to contact the female due to no mobile phone reception in the area.…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist a couple having difficultly on Striding Edge. The couple were assisted by some passing mountaineers who helped them off some difficult ground. Patterdale were assisted by Mountain Rescue colleagues from Penrith and RAF MRT and the couple who were uninjured were guided to safety by the mountaineers…

Patterdale MRT were contacted by the fell top assessor stating that he had heard shouts for help coming from the Striding Edge area. Teams from Patterdale, Penrith and the RAF were mobilised – but on further investigation from the fell top assessor it was felt that there was nothing to substantiate the initial cause for…

At 13:50hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by Cumbria Police to reports of shouts for help coming from the vicinity of Brown Cove, close to Helvellyn. The Team made contact with the fellwalker who had made the call from scene, and after further investigation of the area found it to be winter climbers who…

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 12-34hrs on Friday, volunteers of Patterdale MRT were past a call from colleagues in Keswick MRT to rescue a male who had fallen from the vicinity of Dollywaggon Pike. At the time it was unknown which direction the male had fallen and with the inability to contact the informant and poor weather conditions in…

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.…

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…

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…

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…