At 14:00 the team were called by the Police following a report that four climbers had been avalanched from the top of Pinnacle Ridge. Due to the seriousness of the incident and the number of reported casualties, the team requested the assistance of the air ambulance and an RAF Seaking helicopter. At the time of…

On Saturday 27th February at 18.00 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were asked by Cumbria Police to go to the assistance of 5 persons who were cold and lost and were unable to descend from the summit of Helvellyn in the dark. The party had walked along Striding Edge and reached the summit plateau from where…

On Saturday 13th March 2010 at 12.20 Patterdale Mountain rescue Team were alerted to assist a female climber from Hayfield, Derbyshire who had slipped and fallen 200 metres while climbing in Brown Cove, Helvellyn. The faller had been seen by a search Dog handler who along with a number of SARDA Lakes colleagues were on…

Whilst the previous job No 16 in Brown Cove was finishing, a call was received to rescue a female who had become cragfast on steep snow on Catstycam. A few members were despatched to rope her down to the Brown Cove dam area. The person was unhurt.

Again on Thursday 19th the Team was tasked to rescue two people, one with a medical condition, who were stranded in their flooded house in Pooley Bridge. Swift water trained personnel accessed the property and transported the occupants to safety with the aid of a local tractor.

On Friday 20th the Team joined the RNLI, the Fire & Rescue Service and Penrith mountain rescue team to assist with house checking and evacuation at Eamont Bridge where the river had burst its banks and a number of properties were flooded. The Team was tasked with checking all flooded properties to record which were…

Having completed the task at Eamont Bridge, together with Penrith Fire and Rescue, Patterdale Mountain Rescue team was tasked to check all the river side properties between Eamont Bridge and Pooley Bridge. A number of properties were to be flood damaged but occupants had either evacuated earlier of were found to be safe and well…

Later in the day the team was called to the aid of four women trapped in flood water in a vehicle in the Patterdale Valley. The women were found to be well but cold and were evacuated from their vehicle to a local hotel to be warmed up.

The team were called to rescue a van driver trapped in flood water somewhere on the Ullswater lake road. After a short search the van was located in a flooded section of road near Watermillock close to the incident on Thursday night. The man, a non swimmer, was shaken but well.

On Friday 27th November at 6.50am the team were called by NWAS (Ambulance Control) to assist with the evacuation of a student at an outdoor centre. The girl was diabetic and needed to be in hospital. The County Ambulance was having difficulty getting to the centre due to the continued flooding of the roads. Members…