At approximately 15:11hrs on Friday 19 June, Patterdale MRT were called by NWAS to reports of an unconscious 14 year old girl on the lakeshore footpath. The team launched their rescue boat and headed to the location near Beckside Farm, Sandwick Bay, Ullswater. On arrival at the location the girl had recovered sufficiently and had…

At 1122 am on Saturday 20th June, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to reports that a man had fallen from Helvellyn in the Lake District. The Great North Air Ambulance, which was tasked to the rescue, was unable to get close to the scene due to low cloud. An RAF SeaKing Helicopter, which was…

At about 11.30 on Saturday 7th March Patterdale MRT were called to their 20th rescue of 2015. A female walker had fallen near to Boredale Head and sustained a broken ankle. She was treated on scene, given pain relief by the Team Doctor, and transfered to an ambulance for onward transfer to hospital. As this…

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…

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…

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…