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.
Lower leg injury – Gowbarrow Fell
July 6, 2024 14:25 At 14:24 Saturday 6th July Patterdale MRT received a message from North West Ambulance Service about a person with a lower leg injury, who had been making their way down off Gowbarrow, fell and had slipped on the loose gravel on the path and had heard a cracking noise around their…
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…