Incident reports 2025
Every callout the team answers, as it happens. In an emergency call 999, ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.
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At 22.45 hrs on New Year’s Eve Cumbria Police contacted the Team to reports of an SOS signal flashing above Ullswater on…
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Following a call to Cumbria Police, the team were asked to assist a man on High Street near Racecourse Hill. Unfortunately, despite…
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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Marks 100th Call-Out of the Year with Christmas Day Rescue Whilst most families were settling down for their…
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A member of the public reported that his friend, who had camped overnight at Grisedale Tarn, had lost his shoes and phone…
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On Sunday 7th December at 13:00hrs the Team were contacted by Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue after they had received a call for assistance…
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The Team were contacted by police after a lake user reported two canoes pulled up on a rocky section of the lakeshore…
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At 02:30 on Sunday morning, Patterdale MRT were tasked to go to the assistance of two young men who had been unable…
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On Saturday afternoon at 14:45 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were advised by Cumbria Police of 3 walkers stuck on Striding Edge. A…
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On 19/11/25 the team were called regards a couple who got themselves stuck on a footpath on Gowbarrow. One of the couple…
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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by Cumbria Police at 13:40 on Sunday the 9th of November to a Mountain Biker who…
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Whilst a group of friends ascended Helvellyn from Glenridding one of the group suffered debilatating cramp to their legs. Despite hydrating and…
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On Saturday 8th November at 14:26hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue recieved a call via Cumbria Police informing them that a female had sustained…
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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were requested to assist a camper who had set up camp in the rockycrags of Angle Tarn Pikes.…
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It was an early start for Patterdale Mountain Rescue when they recieved a call to assist a male, who was unable to…
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On Saturday 18th October at 21:37hrs the Team were contacted by Cumbria Police to a male who had planned on camping on…
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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Date: Thursday 16th October 2025 At approximately 1:45 PM on Thursday 16th October, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was…
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At 13:50 on Tuesday October 14th, Cumbria Police requested the assistance of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team for a walker who had sustained…
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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Rescues Injured Walker at Threshthwaite Mouth Patterdale, Lake District – 11 October 2025 – The Patterdale Mountain Rescue…
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On Friday 03/10/25 at 1342 hrs at around the same time storm Amy was landing, the team were called out regards a…
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On Thursday 25th September at 14:00hrs the Team were contacted by Cumbria Police to assist a Female who had slipped whilst descending…
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A member of the public reported a large orange bivvy bag visible on Birk Fell. On investigation, it was found to have…
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On the afternoon of Monday 22nd September, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out by Cumbria Police to assist an individual who…
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At 11:23am on Sunday, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by North West Ambulance Service to a walker who had collapsed on…
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At approximately 13:20 on Saturday 20th September, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted by Cumbria Police following reports of a fell runner…
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On the evening of Saturday 20th September, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted by Cumbria Police following concerns for a lone walker…
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At 13:42 today, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted by Cumbria Police after a member of the public discovered a lone walker…
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On Thursday 18th September at 12:49hrs the Team were contacted by Cumbria Police to reports of a male who had slipped and…
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Just after midnight on Wednesday 17th September North West Ambulance Service contacted Patterdale MRT to alert them to three young men who…
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On Tuesday 16/09/2025 at around 20:24hrs, the team were called out regards a child who was having an asthma attack. The team…
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Report of a 68 year old gentleman requiring assistance on Great Mell fell. The report was recieved by Patterdale Mountain Rescue via…
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Whilst dealing with rescue number 71 some of the Team were heading up Grisedale with potential new team members for a walk…
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On Sunday 7th September just before 8am the Team were called by Cumbria Police to assist a Male who was on the…
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On Sunday 7th September at 12:35hrs Cumbria Police alerted the Team to a Runner who had fallen whilst descending from Helvellyn into…
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Following the activation of an emergency beacon by a Duke of Edingburgh group, Patterdale Mountain Rescue were requested to investigate on the…
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On Monday 25th August at 18:23rd the team received their 3rd job of the bank holiday weekend. North West Ambulance Service requested…
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On Sunday 24th August at 17:42hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue were contacted by Cumbria Police to a report of a Female walker who…
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On Saturday 23rd August at 16:55hrs the team were tasked by Cumbria Police to a walker who had fallen around 100m from…
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On Saturday 9th August 2025 at 15:35hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by Cumbria Police to assist a walker who had…
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On Wednesday 23rd July just before 22:00hrs the Team were tasked by Cumbria Police to a report of a Boat that had…
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On Sunday 20/07/25 at 1322hrs, the team were called out to a walker who had slipped and injured her ankle. The walker…
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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by NorthWest Ambulance Service just before 4 pm Saturday 12th July of a runner in the…
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On Monday 7th July at 15:00hrs the Team were tasked by Cumbria Police to a report of an elderly male who had…
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On Monday 7th July whilst the Team were dealing with job number 60 a request was made from a Team Member who…
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On Sunday 6th July at 19:45hrs Cumbria Police alerted the Duty Leader to a Lone Spanish Female who was on the High…
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Whilst the previous search on Glenridding Dodd was in progress, the Team received a second call from the Police reporting that an…
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Cumbria Police contacted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team at 23:58 on Friday 4th July with a report of a man missing on Glenridding…
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On Monday 01/07/2025 at around 3pm the team were called out regards an elderly walker who was dehydrated and exhausted. The walker…
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The Team were called when a solo Coast to Coast walker with an underlying health condition went to ground after strong winds…
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On Sunday 22/06/2025 at around midnight the team were contacted by Keswick MRT. Keswick had been called out regards 3 campers who…
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On 21/06/2025 at 14:00 hrs the team were alerted to 2 paddle boarders in trouble on Ullswater. Fire and Rescue had been…
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On Saturday 21/06/2025 at 18:12 hrs the team was alerted about a walker on Striding Edge who had a panic attack. The…
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On 19/06/2025 at 20:05hrs the team were called out regards a walker who got stuck coming down from Arthur’s Pike. The walker…
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At 18:51 on 16 June 2025 Cumbria Police contacted Patterdale Mountain Rescue requesting assistance for a 20 year old male suffering with…
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At about 19:00 on Saturday 14 June 2025, police passed on details of a call from a walker who had become separated…
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On 14 June 25 North West Ambulance Service contacted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team with a report that a male had fallen down…
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The Team were called after a woman reported that her teenage son was experiencing a panic attack. Team members deployed to locate…
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At 15:30 on Wednesday, 11th June, Patterdale MRT were tasked to go to the assistance of a lady from the Cheshire area…
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At 12:15 the Team were alerted by Cumbria Police to walker that had fallen on the footpath on the side of Hallin…
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On 7 June 2025 at 1624 Cumbria Police received a call from a group of ladies walking in the Grisedale valley as…
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On Tuesday 03/06/2025 at around 1700hrs the team received a call regards a walker who was suffering from cramp on Birkhouse Moor…
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While the Team were holding an event to unveil a new honours board at their base, a call came in to assist…
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A woman taking part in an organised event slipped and injured her hip. Event paramedics treated the casualty and called the North…
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On Wednesday 28/05/2025 at around 1445hrs the team were called out regards a walker with an ankle injury on Sheffield Pike. The…
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On Sunday 25th May at 04:55hrs the Team were contacted by Cumbria Police. It was quick established that the group of males…
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On Saturday 24th May at 21:38hrs Cumbria Police contacted the Team to reports of a group of 16/17 year olds lost on…
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On Monday 19th May at 18.42 hrs the Team were alerted to a male who had collapsed whilst walking above Greenside at…
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On Monday 17th May at 19.00hrs Cumbria Police alerted the Team to assist with a sailing yacht which had run aground on…
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At 1220 on 10 May 2025 Cumbria Police contacted Patterdale Mountain Rescue requesting assistance for a lady suffering from vertigo who was…
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On Wednesday 30th April at 16:00hrs the Team were called by Cumbria Police to a female who had sustained a leg injury…
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On Sunday 27th April at 13.16hrs the Team were called by Cumbria Police to a female who was walking near Glenridding and…
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Whilst Team members were busy at Aira Force on Easter Sunday, raising awareness of what the team do and selling tickets for…
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Just after 10 pm on Easter Sunday the Team were alerted by Cumbria Police, who had received a call by a concerned…
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Limited call out 17/04/25. Exhausted female walker coming down Red Tarn path. Walked off by 2 team members
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The Team were called to a report of a walker experiencing a panic attack while climbing Place Fell. Six Team members were…
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The Team were called after a man was reported missing by his partner, who had concerns for his welfare. He had failed…
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At 4:25pm on Friday 11th April, North West Ambulance service tasked PMRT to an incident at Aira Force where a young lady…
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On Tuesdays the 8th of April 2025 the team dealt with 2 call outs back to back. The first call out came…
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On 5/4/2025 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were contacted by Cumbria Police at 14.17 with a report of a female with a possible…
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On Thursday 3rd April at 11:45hrs the Team were tasked by Cumbria police to a male who had fallen whilst descending Great…
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At 13:29 on Monday 31st March Patterdale MRT were contacted by North West Ambulance Service with a report of an 76 year…
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A member of the public reported flashing lights on the front of Place Fell, opposite the Team’s base. The Duty Leader investigated…
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At 08:10 on Thursday 27 March 2025, the Team were contacted after a woman reported concern for her boyfriend and three others…
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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called at 09:42 on Friday 21st March by Cumbria Police who had received a report of a…
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At 13:25 on Thursday 5th March Cumbria Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to incident involving a man who had tripped and…
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On Saturday 1st March the team went to the aid of two local sheep who had decided their grazing was much nicer…
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A 22-year-old walker was assisted off the fell by Patterdale Mountain Rescue on February 28th after becoming stuck on Swirril Edge. The…
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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Rescues Injured Fell Walker on Bonscale Tower Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team (PMRT) responded to a call for assistance…
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On Tuesday 25th of February the Team were requested to begin investigating an overdue walker after her partner called the police and…
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On Saturday 22nd of February Patterdale Team members were tasked as part of the LDSMRA Drone Team to assist County Durham Police…
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On Friday 21st February at 13.18hrs the Duty leader was contacted by Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue regarding a Male who had become cold,…
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At 16:13 on Saturday 8th February Cumbria Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to a party of 5, all in their early…
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At 18:10 on Saturday 8th February Cumbria Police contacted the Team with a report of four 19 year old men who were…
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On Monday 3rd February at 16.22 hrs the Team were called by Cumbria Police to assist Two Female Walkers who had reported…
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On Sunday 12/01/2025 at 1400hrs the team were tasked by Cumbria Police to rescue an exhausted walker who had been located on…
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At 2pm on Wednesday 8th January, Cumbria Police tasked PMRT to an incident on Birkhouse Moor where a young man had fallen…
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Around 10:30 am on the 5th of January, the Team received information from Cumbria Police that a fell walker who had been…
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Cumbria Police contacted the team at 23:42 on the 5th January to inform us the 2 people were stuck in the snow…
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At the 13:05hrs on Friday 3rd January the Team were tasked by Cumbria Police to assist a Female who had slipped on…
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On Thursday 2nd January at 13:35hrs the Team received their first request for assistance for the new year. Cumbria Police had received…
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