Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were today called to assist a woman who had fallen while walking the lake-shore path between Sandwick and Patterdale. The 57 year old woman from Lincoln had slipped and injured her left wrist. The team reached the casualty site using the team’s rescue boat. The air ambulance had landed near the…

As members of a number of Lake District Teams were returning to the Patterdale MRT base at the end of a Rigging for Rescue course. The land rovers were flagged down by the roadside to assist a female who had fallen from her bike. The woman was assessed by an an accident and emergency consultatnt,…

Cumbria Police requested Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to assist a 52 year old lady from Pontefract who had collapsed whilst walking with her family above Ullswater. 15 members of the Team responded and treated the lady at the scene. She was evacuated off the fell and the NW Air Ambulance flew her to Cumberland Infirmary…

Whilst attending the Patterdale Country Fair the Team provided first aid treatment to two fell runners and a young boy.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called today, Friday 1st July, to the assistance of a woman who had fallen down a rock outcrop close to the village of Glenridding. The 57 year old woman from Essex, and her companion, were completing a walk and returning to Glenridding when she slipped from the path and tumbled…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the police to assist a 52yr old woman from Carlisle, who had tripped while out for a walk in Grisedale. The woman was walking with friends when she tripped, injuring her head on a rock. The woman was treated at the scene by the team and stretchered off…

Walkers crag fast on Helvellyn headwall. Cumbria Police requested Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to aid 2 walkers from Leeds who had become misplaced and on very steep ground. 11 members of the Team searched the higher reaches of the Red tarn basin and Striding Edge, in poor, windy weather. They were located in the cloud…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were requested at approximately 15:00 to assist a woman who had injured her ankle on the ridge path between Nethermost Pike and Dollywaggon Pike. A total of the 14 members of the team attended the incident, taking landrovers to the head of the Grisedale Valley before ascending the east ridge of…

Patterdale MRT were called by the Police to assist a group of 7 young people lost in low cloud on Wether Hill. However by the time contact was made they had met up with their supervisor.

At 15:30 on Monday 27th December Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called by Cumbria Police to rescue a walker who had fallen from the summit plateau of Helvellyn. The 39 year old man from Preston had been walking with friends when he fell through a cornice in very poor visibility, near to the summit of…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called by Police at 6pm to go to the assistance of a group of six people who were stranded on the fell. The group from Gateshead had no torches and included three young children (8, 3 and 2 years old) and were unable to continue in the darkness. The team…

At 1400 on Thursday 30th December Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to rescue a man who had fallen approximately 150 metres from Swirral Edge, Helvellyn. His companions descended and performed basic life support at the scene until assistance arrived. The man, aged 43, from St Helen’s was then airlifted by a Seaking helicopter from…