In the news
Keep up to date with everything going on in mountain rescue around England and Wales. For press enquiries, contact Andy Simpson, MREW Press Officer, via press@mountain.rescue.org.uk.
Man with Chest Pains
July 5, 2024 22:13 On Friday 5th July at 22:13hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team to a report of a man who was in the Angle Tarn area who had Chest Pains. The location was thought to be in the Langdale area at first and quickly passed…
Fog bound on Helvellyn
July 2, 2024 7.10 pm Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called at about 19:10 on Monday the 1st July by Cumbria Police after two university students reported themselves stuck in fog on the summit of Helvellyn. The duty leader attempted to persuade the couple to walk off. When they refused, two team members were deployed…
Search for 14 year old missing from Kirkstone Pass
June 30, 2024 18:16 hrs At 18:16 Patterdale MRT was alerted by Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue team, via Cumbria Police, for our 5th call out in 2 days. This time it was to assist in the search for a young person who was missing from the Kirkstone Pass area. A few unconfirmed sightings of him…
Lost on Hallin Fell in High Bracken
June 30, 2024 11 am On Sunday at just after 11 am, while Patterdale MRT was training in the Ullswater Valley they received a message from Cumbria Police about a person lost on Hallin Fell asking for advice. They had walked off the path and tried to get to the summit of Hallin Fell on…
Lost Walker on Stybarrow Dodd
June 29, 2024 On Saturday the 29th June, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members had just reached the summit of Helvellyn on a previous job when they were alerted to a walker who had become lost on Stybarrow Dodd as the cloud levels had dropped. This was their third job in the space of 2 hours,…
Ankle injury near the summit of Helvellyn
June 29, 2024 15:15 hrs At just after 15:15 hrs on the 29th June Cumbria Police informed Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team of an incident near to the summit of Helvellyn. A 31 year old had sustained an ankle injury after being hit with a falling rock. Team members were then alerted to the job and…
Ankle injury at Aira Force
June 28, 2024 16:00 hrs The Patterdale MRT Team was called out at 16:00 on Friday 28th June to assist a woman in her twenties, who had slipped and injured her ankle whilst walking at Aira Force. Team members responded to the Park Brow car park and located the woman a hundred meters above High…