Volunteer members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were contacted by Cumbria Police on Wednesday 6th December to reports of a couple lost near Helvellyn. The team were able to establish contact with the couple and obtained a location from their smart phone, which positioned them at Birkside Gill on the slope of Willie Wife Moor.…

The Team has had two very difficult and challenging days on Helvellyn this bank holiday weekend. Mike Blakey, Team Leader said: ‘Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the family and friends of the man who tragically lost his life after falling over 200m from Striding Edge on Sunday. This particularly sad rescue has touched…

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…

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 morning Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were tasked by Cumbria Police to locate and treat a woman that had set of from her overnight wild camp, at Angletarn Pikes; and was intending to go to Beda Fell, when she slipped on wet grass and injured her leg. The Team were unable to make any…

At 14:53hrs volunteers from Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out by Cumbria Police to assist a male who had stumbled and sustained an injury to his knee, while out walking along the Ullswater Way. The team responded to the scene, which was close to Sandwick Bay with two landrovers and on arrival meet up…