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…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist NWAS to evacuate a lady from Airaforce who had suffered a seizure while out walking. The callout lasted 1.5hrs and was attended by 7 team members

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…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were asked to rescue a 54 year old female who had slipped off the path towards Heck Crag, Bannerdale.Initially it was difficult to determine where the casualty was. The Team asked the Air Ambulance to assist in locating the casulty from the air. Once the casualty had been found, she was…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to search for a group of six Duke of Edinburgh students who had become lost and stuck on steep ground near Dove Crag.The group were on a route from Great Langdale to Brotherswater when they lost the path just as darkness fell and they became stuck on steep ground…

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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members were involved in two rescues on Sunday afternoon. The first, on Place Fell, was to rescue a woman from the Stockport area. The woman had injured her knee and was unable to walk. Team members treated her on scene and then carried her on a stretcher to one of the…