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September 25, 2025 2 pm

On Thursday 25th September at 14:00hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted by Cumbria Police to assist a female who had slipped whilst descending Gowbarrow above Ullswater and had injured her ankle.  

Team members attended the incident and made their way on foot from Aira Force car park. Once at the scene the casualty was assessed by team medics and, due to the injury, she was given strong pain relief to ease the pain, her ankle was splinted and then she was carried off the hill by stretcher down to the car park. She was then transported to hospital by North West Ambulance Service for further treatment.

The rescue took just over 3 hours to complete with 8 team members involved.