On Friday 15th April 4 year old child with head injury was brought to the rescue centre by his parent and uncle. The child had fallen down some stairs and banged his head. The boy was examined by a Doctor at the rescue centre. The child was referred to Penrith Minor Injury unit for further…

On Easter Saturday two people approached the display trailer at Glenridding to inform the Team that a man had slipped and injured his ankle on the Glenridding valley path leading to Red tarn. The Team attended, assessed the man’s injuries and splinted his leg before placing him on a stretcher and fording the Glenridding beck.…

At 13;41hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police to assist a 60yr old female who had slipped and injured her ankle while out walking at Airaforce, Nr Ullswater. When the team arrived on scene, the female was assessed and a suspected fractured ankle was diagnosed. The ankle was dressed and placed within…

At 13:44hrs on Wednesday 28 December 1016, Patterdale MRT were alerted by North West Ambulance Service to a male who had fallen at Airaforce and sustained a suspected fracture of the upper arm. On arriving on scene the Team found the male lying very close to the waters edge on slippery rocks, and above some…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out by Cumbria Police to search for a missing 22 year old female who had planned to overnight in the Priest Hole on Dove Crag. She had left the main path and had become lost on steep ground below the Priest Hole. Eleven Team Members and the Team Search…

Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police at 18:11hrs on Saturday 29 October 2016 to reports of a party of three who were believed to be lost and exhausted in the vicinity of High Hartsop Dodd. While the Team established the location of the party using the SARLOC location system, it was confirm the party…

Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police at 15:43hrs on Tuesday 25 October 2016 to reports of an adult male and teenager treading water after their canoe capsized approximately 1 mile from Pooley Bridge. The Team launched their rigid inflatable rescue boat and along with a safety boat from Outward Bound Ullswater headed towards the…

At 1800, on 30th October, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members were called to assist two men from Swirral Edge, Helvellyn. They were uninjured but had become stuck on the ridge when it unsurprisingly went dark an hour earlier than yesterday. The Team Leader said: ‘The Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association made a concerted…

At 2200 on Saturday 15th October Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members were called by Cumbria Police following a 999 call reporting that a 50-year-old man had fallen down the front face of Dove Crag. The man had planned on spending the night with a group of eight friends in the Priest’s Hole, a shallow overhang,…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were asked to assist in a search for a missing Grouse Beater on the Pennines. Ten Mountain Rescue Teams, seven Search Dogs and a Coastgaurd Helicopter and Army personnel from Warcop were tasked to search for the missing man when he became seperated from the shooting party. The man was found…