At 16:05 on Sunday 28th February Patterdale MRT went to the assistance of Langdale Ambleside MRT on the summit of Dove Crag where a female walker had become exhausted in poor weather. The woman managed to move towards LAMRT and was assisted from the fell before either team arrived. The team were joined by nine…

The Team were called to assist two walkers who became stuck on Striding Edge in poor weather. The team were able to guide them to safety by mobile phone, whilst assembling to go onto the mountain.

Whilst dealing with the previous incident, the Team received a call-out from Cumbria Police to assist with a major road accident on the Kirkstone Pass. After evacuating the man who had fallen from Helvellyn, fifteen team members went to assist at this incident, and were joined by Penrith Mountain Rescue Team. Langdale Ambleside MRT were…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were nearing the end of a winter training exercise on Sunday morning when a 28 year old man stumbled out of the white-out conditions and collapsed at their feet. The man, who it later transpired had fallen about 200 metres from Swirral Edge on Helvellyn, was initially unable to tell the…

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…

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…

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 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…

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 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…

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…