Whilst the Team were away in Scotland on their annual winter skills training a call was received from the Police concerning flashing lights and voices heard on Arthur’s Pike.  The call was passed to Penrith MR, but after further investigation by a Police vehicle they were stood down.

At 20:45 on Wednesday 20th March 2024 North West Ambulance Service requested the assistance of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team after they received a report of an eleven year old girl who had injured her ankle in the grounds of one of the local outdoor education centres.  The duty leader contacted centre staff who had already…

Three males lost path coming back from Dove crag to Brothers Water camp site and called for help. A small team was sent to meet the lost walker and return them to safe ground where they could get back to their campsite.      

A family became lost on Place Fell in mist. A small group of team members located the family and walked them to safety. The incident lasted 1 hour and involved 6 team members.  

Report of a casualty with a leg injury on Dove Crag.  Langdale Ambleside chose to descend north due to the appalling weather conditions.  Patterdale MRT were mobilised to assist but by the time they had assembled the LAMRT team were down.

Just after 11am on Monday 12th Feb, North West Ambulance Service requested the assistance of Patterdale MRT to go top the aid of a young child who had fallen into one of the pools at Aira Force. Following telephone enquiries it became apparent that the child had been extracted from the beck and reunited with…

Four Patterdale MRT members conducted a search on the fells above the Langdale Valley to assist Wasdale and Langdale Ambleside MRT with a search for a missing man.  Nothing was found but sadly the man’s body was discovered the following day.

Early evening on Monday 24th June, Patterdale MRT were contacted by Cumbria Police and requested to investigate the area of Dove Crag following reports of an abandoned climbing rope. A small group of team members made their way to scene where no signs of an abandoned kit could be found. The climbing rope had likely…

On Tuesday 26th of June Patterdale MRT were called to the aid of a woman who was suffering chest pains. Once on scene, team members and latterly a team doctor treated the woman before she was evacuated by stretcher to a waiting ambulance for further care.

On 24/08/24 when the team were already dealing with another incident, a call out was received regards a male and female on Striding Edge who required help. The team leader made contact and established that the caller complained about pain in his leg which most likely were due to fatigue rather than anything medical. The…

At 15:16 on Wednesday 18th December Cumbria Constabulary alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to a report of lights seen on the fell side.  On investigation it emerged that a party walking on Gowbarrow above Aira Force had observed a light appearing to flash some miles away towards the Dodds.  There was no pattern to the…

On Tuesday 3/12/24 at around 1700hrs the team was alerted regards a lone walker on Striding Edge who was stranded and  along the ridge on his own. The walker had no lights and found himself on Striding Edge when it got dark and with conditions being wintery he was unsure about continuing on his own.…