We’ve just had a call out running for the past four hours. A couple of chaps lost in the cloud. Our SARLOC system didn’t work on their phone so we asked the lost people to download OS locate over their 4G connection and within seconds we had a grid reference. Once we had this reference…

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…

Tonight we received a 999 call, via Cumbria Police, to assist a group of walkers who were making slow progress off the mountain. It turns out that the group were actually benighted without torches, having been caught out when it went dark. One had suffered a very minor injury but perhaps they had all bitten…

On Tuesday 12th September, volunteers of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police to assist a 15yr old student with an ankle injury on High Dodd above Ullswater. Faced with the oncoming Storm Aileen, the Team quickly dispatched resources to the scene. While on route it was confirmed by the informants that they…

The team was called to asist a woman who had fallen and injured her knee whilst walking along the lake shore path. She was treated on scene and evacuated by boat to base for onward transfer by ambulance to hospital.