On Friday 31st January Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team and Langdale Ambleside MRT were called by the North West Ambulance Service to a road traffic collision on the Kirkstone Pass above Patterdale. Three casualties and ten other stranded motorist were assisted. On return to the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Centre at Patterdale other motorists, who had disregarded…

On Saturday 1st February, at about 1445, a worried solo male walker from Warrington, Cheshire, walked into the Brother’s Water Inn near Hartsop. He had lost his dog in a snowstorm and wanted to call the Police to alert mountain rescue. Patterdale mountain rescue team members were immediately called and a small group went to…

At 13:00 today Thursday 27th March Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the Police to go to the aid of an 84 year old gentlemen from North Wales who was feeling faint and unwell whilst out walking with his son in the Auterstone Crag area above Ullswater.The Great North Air Ambulance was in attendance…

The team were called after the Police received reports of a distressed dog seen in the vicinity of Priest’s Hole. In order to exclude the possibility that it’s owner had come to harm 7 team members ascended Dovedale and searched the traverse to the cave, the foot of the crag and the path up to…

Today, Wednesday 5th March at approximately 17.20 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the Police to go to the assistance of a local farmer who’s trusty Collie whilst out gathering sheep had run over the edge of a craggy outcrop on the side of Ullswater.The dog ended up in the water closely followed by…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called out this afternoon to assist North West Ambulance Service with the rescue of 56yr old man from Lancashire. The man had slipped and injured his left ankle while walking with friends in very wet & windy conditions.The Team located the man at Hayeswater Gill and were able to drive…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the police to go to the aid of a woman who had slipped on ice on Dollywagon Pike. Although uninjured the woman and her husband were unable to continue due to the conditions underfoot and their lack of equipment. Two Team members who had just come off the…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to a 49 year old man and his friend from Cheshire who had slid and tumbled about 100 meters down a snow gully while ascending Swirral Edge on Helvellyn. One man was uninjured while the other had head, neck and back injuries. A mountain rescue team member from Coniston…

On Sunday 29th December, at about 1530 a male walker fell approximately 130 metres from Swirral Edge, Helvellyn in to Brown Cove. A passer-by who witnessed the fall called 999 and whilst he was talking to the Police he saw a woman fall from the same place on the ridge; apparently falling much further than…

As incident 71 was drawing to a close Cumbria Police received a 999 call reporting a family of three overdue on Helvellyn. As the team were responding to the request for assistance from the Police the missing people turned up safe and well.

At approximately 1600 Patterdale MRT were called by a worried relative who was reporting that her son was late back from a walk on Helvellyn. Whilst the team were gathering information the man turned up safe and well.

At approximately 0900 on Saturday 21st December a hill-walker knocked on the door of a farmhouse just above Howtown, Ullswater, to report that his friend was laying injured on the mountain side. Seventeen hours earlier the man’s friend had fallen over fracturing his ankle. With darkness not far away, and with no mobile phone signal,…