Team were alerted by Coastguard to help a boat in difficulty near Howtown on Ullswater. Boat had run aground and was taking on water 2 people on board. Team responded and were about to put to launch their boat when they were stood down by the police who informed them that another boat had them…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out to an 83 year old lady who had fallen 12 metres from the lake footpath down towards the lake.The Team responded with all four of their Rescue vehicles and launched their Rescue Boat, ‘Patrick Scotty.’North West Ambulance Service also responded with an Ambulance, Fast Response Car and a…

On Saturday 29th April, a 69-year-old man fell approximately 300ft from St Sunday Crag in the Lake District. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members ascended to the scene of the incident where a passing police officer and emergency medical technician from Cumbria were assisting the man and his friends. The man had suffered serious head injuries,…

At 16:00hrs on Bank Holiday Monday, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out by Cumbria Police to assist a 50yr old female who had slipped and injured her ankle while out walking in Pasture Bottom, nr Ullswater. When the team arrived on scene, the female who was out walking with a group of fellow doctors,…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police at 12.20pm on Sunday 7 May to assist a woman who had fallen 30ft from Striding Edge, suffering multiple injuries. Due to the nature of the reported injuries – head, facial, chest, abdominal, shoulder and arm – the Team requested the assistance of a Coastguard helicopter,…

Whilst dealing with an incident on Helvellyn, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist with the rescue of a 30 year old woman who had broken her ankle on the other side of the valley. Penrith Mountain Rescue Team were already on scene and able to provide assistance.The Coastguard Rescue Helicopter which had just…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police at just before 8.45pm on Thursday 25th May. To go to the aid of a 47 year old male who had become stuck on a ledge over looking the village of Glenridding. His exact location was somewhat vague until the local Fire Brigade who were out…

In the early hours of Friday morning (01-52am) 2 June 2017, Patterdale MRT we alerted by Cumbria Police to a male and female who were stuck at the Priest’s Hole high on Dove Crag, with the female suffering from hypothermia. Contact was quickly established with the informant and with an update on their condition and…

At 1250 on Sunday 11th June Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members were called to assist a 68 year old woman from Guernsey who had slipped and sustained a suspected fractured ankle. The woman, who was walking the Coast to Coast route with her husband, was treated on scene near to Ruthwaite Lodge in Grisedale. The…