Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called-out today to help a walker who had slipped and fractured his ankle.Following a call from Cumbria Police, the rescue team went to the aid of a 62 year old who was walking with his wife in Dovedale. Unfortunately, a slip on wet ground while descending the valley, resulted in…

Team members were called to assist a 73 year old woman who had slipped on frozen grass and injured her leg. She was treated by the air crew of the Great North Air Ambulance and the Team then set up a rope system to haul the casualty on a stretcher to the air ambulance at…

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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members were called to assist a 24 year old man from Ambleside who had injured his spine whilst snowboarding in the Keppel Cove area, near to Helvellyn. Team members battled through snow which had blown into knee high and sometimes waste and shoulder high drifts. When they arrived on scene the…

At 19:00hrs on Wednesday 10 February, Patterdale MRT were alerted by Cumbria Police to a group of teenagers (15 in total) who were overdue from a walk in the Hartsop area. As the Team prepared to initiate search plans a local team member met the informant in Cow Bridge car park, during these discussions the…

On Friday 12 February 2016, Patterdale MRT were alerted by Cumbria Police for a female who had sustained a twisted ankle while walking down Scandale Pass towards Ambleside. After confirmation of the grid reference the location was confirmed as being in the area of Langdale-Ambleside MRT and the rescue was then passed over to the…

Patterdale Mountain rescue team members were called to rescue a sixty-eight year old local woman who had slipped and injured her ankle on Gray Crag, above Hartsop. The woman was given pain relief and her ankle was splinted. She was then placed on a stretcher and lowered down the fell to a waiting team Land…

The team had just finished a joint exercise with Penrith MRT when Cumbria Police called. A walker reported finding a rucksack near to Striding Edge, and after waiting an hour was concerned for the owner’s welfare. The team attempted to contact the owner of the rucksack but failed to do so. Given there was only…

At 2030 on 9th December Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members were called to assist the Fire & Rescue Service in Glenridding. Several properties were flooding when the Team arrived on scene and the river was flowing down the lane next to the beck and on to the main road. Mike Blakey, Team Leader said: ‘When…

The North West Ambulance Services alerted the Team to an unresponsive woman in Glenridding village. In the prevailing weather and limited road access to the village team members assisted the ambulance crew to reach and assess the woman.