Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team (LAMRT) were alerted at around 1910 on Saturday evening when a group of walkers failed to return to Hartsop, where they had left their cars much earlier in the day. LAMRT notified Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team and a major search operation was launched involving Penrith and Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue…

At 1615, a group of four males reported themselves missing on the summit of Helvellyn. Keswick MRT initially tried to talk them down when they realised they were at the summit shelter. Due to the conditions the party were reluctant to move and personnel from Patterdale MRT ascended Helvellyn to the summit to guide the…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team had just returned to their rescue base and were sorting equipment from a rescue involving a mountain biker when they received information of a light aircraft crashing into Ullswater near Pooley Bridge. Team members quickly got the Rescue Boat ready and launched ‘Patrick Scotty’ from Glenridding Steamer Pier. As they were…

Three calls in three days for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team. The Team were called to the assistance of an 18 year old male who had gone over his handlebars whilst mountain biking on a track near Auterstone Wood, above Ullswater. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team called on the assistance of the Air Ambulance which was at…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to the assistance of a scrambler who had become cragfast on Greenhow End. He was following a magazine article and using a guidebook but became stuck and was unable to climb up or down and phoned 999 for help. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team immediately responded and also requested the…

At 14:30 today Patterdale Mountain Rescue team received a request from Cumbria Police to assist with the search for an 87 year old gentleman. The missing man who suffers from mild dementia and had become separated from his companions whilst walking in the Watermillock area. As the team was mobilising and one of the leaders…

Patterdale MRT were contacted when a member of a party of four became stuck ascending the final slopes up to Helvellyn at the end of Striding Edge. In deteriorating weather conditions three members of the party raised the alarm via a mobile phone call before continued on to Helvellyn and descending via Lower Man and…

Two people had set out for a walk from Patterdale Youth Hostel to Howtown and back at 5pm. 3 1/2 hours later they were over taken by darkness on the lake shore path and with no torch were unable to proceed.The Rescue Team responded, deduced their location and went to pick them up before returning…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to a young female who had fallen approximately 50 feet on loose ground whilst walking on Glenridding Dodd. North West Ambulance Service also attended and along with team members, treated the casualty for a headwound. Due to the broken ground and steepness of the slope, a rope lowering system…

Three Rescues in One Day for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team – man dies after accident on Helvellyn A local mountaineer was found laying seriously injured by a mountain rescue search dog at around 0100 on the morning of Wednesday 18th February. The 68 year old man from the Penrith area had set off earlier the…

At 20-25hrs on 17th February, Patterdale MRT were alerted to their 2nd incident of the day by Cumbria Police for 2 walkers who had failed to return from their walk up Helvellyn. Due to the limited information available, the Team began a search of local carparks in and around the Patterdale / Glenridding area to…

At 15-04hrs on Tuesday 17 February, Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police to assist a female walker who had slipped and sustained a head injury while walking along the lakeshore path between Howtown and Glenridding. Due to the location of the incident the rescue boat was lauched from Glenridding steamer pier along with 7…