In the news

May 27, 2021 15:30 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out at around 1530hrs to reports of a young person who had sustained an ankle injury on the descent down Scandale Pass. The casualty was part of a Duke of Edinburgh group who were heading toward Glenridding to camp overnight. The group were very well…

May 23, 2021 8.52 am At 08:52hrs on Sunday 23rd May, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by Cumbria Police to a lady who had become disorientated while ascending Helvellyn via Striding Edge. The lady managed to re-orientate herself when the cloud cleared and was able to continue with her planned route. The team continued…

Shortly before 5:00 p.m. on Sat 22nd May, call handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of a walker having seizures on Cader Idris The party of three had been to the summit of the mountain and had descended via the stone chute to Llyn Cau. During the descent one of the…

May 22, 2021 3:29 pm At 12.26hrs  on Saturday 22nd May 2021 the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by Cumbria Constabulary to a female in her mid fifties who had slipped on wet ground whilst walking on Gowbarrow Fell near Dockray. The team responded to the incident in 3 Land Rovers and the casualty…

Shortly after 11:00 a.m. on Thursday 20th May, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of a crag-fast sheepdog near Cader Idris. Working dog Tess became stuck on the walls of Tal y Llyn pass the previous day. The farmer had scrambled down the steep and slippery ground to within sight of…

Shortly after 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday 18th May, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of a party of four lost on Cader Idris. The party, a group of friends from the London area, had started out from Minffordd at around 4:30 p.m. to climb the mountain. Their hope was for a…