Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the Police to assist 46 year old man who had fallen from Swirral Edge whilst descending from the summit of Helvellyn. He had sustained head and rib injuries. The Pride of Cumbria Air Ambulance assisted in the rescue by ferrying equipment and personel to the summit of the…

The Team were contacted by the Police to assist an 18 year old from Durham complaining of back pain whilst on an organised expedition. After a short search involving Team members and the Great North Air Ambulance, the casualty was located in the Grisdale valley and transported by Landrover Ambulance back to the teams Rescue…

ICE CAVE RESCUE On Saturday 28th April the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the police to the assistance of a 70yr old woman who had been investigating an old ice house in the grounds of Patterdale Hall Estates. The woman, a 70yr old from West Lothian, went into the chamber in the dark,…

On Sunday morning at 10:30am Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the police to search for a missing Coast to Coast walker. The man, from Flintshire, was reported missing by a concerned relative who had hoped to meet up with him at a camp site in Patterdale the previous day. When he didn’t arrive…

Today at 16:30 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team where called by the Police to search for a 64yr old walker from Bishop Auckland. The man was reported missing by his walking companion having waited for two hrs for his arrival at the summit of Hartsop Dodd. They had taken different routes and failed to meet up…

Today at 14.42 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team where called by the Police to assist a 73 yr old man from Leicestershire. The gentleman had injured his ankle while walking the lakeshore path above Scalehow wood and was unable to continue. He was found by a passing walker who called for help using their mobile phone.…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called by police to the assistance of a woman from Preston who had slipped and fractured her ankle near Hayeswater dam. Members of the team drove to the dam in their 4×4 landrover ambulance, treated the woman at the scene then carried her by stretcher to the landrover. She was…

A 75 year old man walking the Coast To Coast route pulled a muscle in his lower back on day 4 of his walk and was unable to continue. Two members of the team drove up the valley in a team landrover ambulance and transported the gentleman back to his overnight accommodation in Patterdale.

The team were called by the Police to search for an overdue walker. The man, a 67 year old from Australia, was walking on the coast to coast route and had been expected to arrive a number of hours before the call. Despite having set off early from his B&B, the man was significantly overdue…

Nine members of Patterdale MRT responded to a call from the Police reporting shouts for help from 2 people who’s canoe had capsized in the middle of Ullswater. The team RIB was launched but by the time it arrived on seen the pair had swum ashore. Paddles and other equipment was retrieved from the lake…

Patterdale MRT were called to assist NW ambulance with the evacuation of an 67 year old lady after she collapsed near Hayeswater pump house. She was assessed and transported from the fell in Team landrover ambulance down to a waiting County ambulance who took her to Cumberland infirmay for further treatment

Whilst the team were clearing up from the previous incident they were informed of a minor road traffic collision between the Rescue Centre and Glenridding. On attending they discovered that a car had hit the corner of the stone boat house at the back of St Patricks Bay. The driver, a 62 year old woman…