At 11am on Sunday 3rd November Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called to assist a 33 year old male from Manchester who had injured his ankle whilst taking part in the Lakeland Trails Event, in the Ullswater valley. The man had slipped whilst running on the Howtown to Patterdale lake shore path so the team…

At 11am on Sunday 3rd November Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called to assist a 33 year old male from Manchester who had injured his ankle whilst taking part in the Lakeland Trails Event, in the Ullswater valley. The man had slipped whilst running on the Howtown to Patterdale lake shore path so the team…

At approximately 1800hrs Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police to begin searching for an overdue walker in the area of Aira Force. Due to the nature of the incident PMRT requested the assistance of SARDA who mobilised 7 search dogs and handlers. As the search started the overdue walker was located close to Dalemain…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called just after 7pm by Cumbria Police to assist a woman in her 50s. The woman, from the north, had fallen whilst walking near Lanty’s Tarn above Glenridding and injured her right leg and lower back. After treating her at the scene the team carried her down to their waiting…

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,…

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.

The Team were called by the Police to reports of 57 year old woman from Stockport who has suffered an epileptic fit on the zig-zag path above Kepple Cover. She had been walking with a group when the fit occured and had initially been assisted by a passing doctor. When team members arrived at the…

At around 1700 on Thursday 12th September, Patterdale MRT were called to assist two walkers from Rochdale who had become separated in low cloud on Loadpot Hill. One walker was located by team members ascending to Loadpot Hill and the second walker was located near to the summit by one of the Team’s two search…

At 1437 on Wednesday 18th September Patterdale MRT were called to assist a 45 year old woman who had fallen and injured her ankle. Patterdale MRT, Penrith MRT and the Great North East Air Ambulance were all mobilised to attend the incident given the remote location. Whilst the two mountain rescue teams were assembling the…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called today by police to assist a 17 yearr old girl from Cheshire who had injured her knee after becoming stuck in mud near Sheffield Pike. Her friends put her into a sleeping bag and tent to keep her warm while waiting for the Team to arrive. The casualty’s leg…

At 1732hrs on Monday 30th September Patterdale MRT were called to assist NWAS with the rescue and evacuation of a 26 year old man who had fallen approximately 100 feet from Auterstone Crag and down towards the path on the Ullswater side of Barton Fell. The Casualty was treated on scene for head injuries before…

At some time between 3 and 4pm on Friday 4th October a 24 year old man fell approximately 200m from Striding Edge and into Nethermost Cove. His companion descended to assist him and finding him unconscious and without a mobile phone signal he continued his descent into Grisedale where he met a local farmer who…