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.…

At 14:20 on the 30th November, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team received information from Cumbria Police alerting them to a walker who was in their tent wet and cold and was concerned about their own safety. The message had been relayed by a member of the public, who was walking over Helvellyn as part of the…

On Sunday 17th November at 11:13hrs the team were called by Cumbria police to assist a male who had fallen and hurt his ankle whilst walking between Red Screes and Scandale Pass.   On speaking to the informant the Duty Leader established that the male who had been solo walking with his dog had slipped…

At 14:03 on Thursday 14th November Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team received notification that a man had slipped and injured his knee whilst walking on the path around Whiteside Bank, between Helvellyn and Raise.  7 team members climbed the fell from Keppel Cove to the casualty’s location taking first aid equipment and a stretcher.  The man’s…

At 16:18 on Wednesday 06/11/2024 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by Cumbria Police to a woman in her mid-fifties with an underlying medical condition who had become crag fast whilst scrambling with her partner on Striding Edge.  After a brief phone conversation with her partner it was clear that she required a stretcher evacuation…