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Mountain Rescue Team was called out on Friday afternoon to assist a walker with a suspected broken ankle on the coast-to-coast path between Grisdale Tarn and Patterdale. The rescue required significant community assistance as the injured person's friend managed to relay a call for help down the valley.
Outcome: The injured walker was stretchered to base for ambulance care.
The team was contacted by North Wales Police regarding a high-risk missing teenager in the early hours of the morning. A team member proactively began searching before reaching the designated rendezvous point and successfully located the missing person.
Outcome: Safe recovery
A hillwalker died on an Argyll Munro. The incident was reported by the local press but full details are not available in this blog post excerpt.
A mountain bike rider sustained an injury while on Twitcher Trail at Glentress. The rescue team attended the incident in the afternoon and worked alongside ambulance services to assist the casualty off the hill for treatment.
Outcome: Transported from the scene for treatment
Teignmouth and District Rescue Team was called to assist Devon and Cornwall Police in searching for a missing male in the Marldon area near Paignton on Tuesday afternoon. The missing person was found deceased. The team's thoughts are with his family and loved ones.
Outcome: casualty found deceased
Three walkers became lost in the dark in Birchen Clough near Dove Stone Reservoir and were unable to find the path. Oldham Mountain Rescue Team was called and located the walkers, escorting them back down to the vehicles. All three were assessed by a medical technician and the incident was resolved within two hours and fifteen minutes.
Outcome: walkers escorted down and assessed by medical technician
Outcome: Details not provided
A member of a walking group sustained severe leg fractures after falling on steep ground at High Crag's Gamlin End. A rescue operation was carried out by Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team, involving stabilizing the casualty and transporting them down the slope to an ambulance.
Outcome: Transported to hospital after rescue
The rescue team was called by Lancashire Police to assist a female who had fallen while walking near Dunsop Bridge. Following an assessment at the riverbank, she was treated for a sprained and deformed ankle, along with early signs of hypothermia before being safely transferred to paramedics.
Outcome: Transported to hospital after rescue
The team was called out to assist a walker who had slipped on a steep muddy path at Ashgill Force. Following an assessment and splinting of the ankle, the casualty was safely carried by the team to an awaiting ambulance for hospital transport.
Outcome: Transported to hospital
A female walker sustained a lower leg injury after falling in the Berwyns on Wednesday, 8th April. Due to the distance and difficulty of extraction, Coastguard assistance was required for a winch evacuation, after which team members escorted the rest of the party.
Outcome: Evacuated by Coastguard
Outcome: Nothing was found.
The team was called out to assist Avon and Somerset Police with a search for a high-risk missing person in the Aust area of South Gloucestershire. Following searches conducted alongside police officers and the coastguard, no one was located, and operations were stood down pending further investigation.
Outcome: Person not found
Outcome: The badger was safely recovered and later released into the wild.
Mountain Rescue was called out on 8th April 2026 to assist a walker who felt unwell while walking at Grey Mare's Tail. Following assessment by the team, the individual was able to walk safely off the hill with support and a confidence rope.
Outcome: Safe return to car park
A walker aggravated an existing knee injury while walking in Grisedale valley on Easter Monday and became unable to continue. Patterdale and Penrith Mountain Rescue Teams located the casualty near Dollywaggon Pike, treated the injury, and stretchered them off the fell for hospital treatment. The rescue was completed in 4.5 hours.
Outcome: casualty treated at scene and stretchered off for hospital treatment
North Yorkshire Police requested assistance in searching for a high-risk missing person in the Grassington area. The casualty was located safe and well in a location away from the original search area.
Outcome: casualty located safe and well
A 15-year-old male fell from rocks at Brimham Rocks and sustained a back injury. The casualty was able to walk and was already receiving ambulance care when the team arrived.
Outcome: casualty self-mobilised and transferred to ambulance care
The team responded to several calls over the past few weeks, including an initial call regarding people in the water which was later confirmed as a hoax. They also attended to a medical casualty near the Nick of Pendle and assisted with the evacuation of another individual with a serious lower leg injury at a motocross event.
Outcome: Casualty assessed and evacuated; support required for access.
A walker on the path to Dollywaggon Pike from Grisedale Tarn sustained a knee injury affecting their ACL and was unable to continue. Penrith Mountain Rescue Team assisted Patterdale MRT in carrying the casualty down by stretcher through steep terrain above Grisedale Valley. The joint operation involving six Penrith team members took approximately four and a half hours.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team responded to two teenagers wild camping near Sprinkling Tarn after they were stranded by high winds that destroyed their tent. The team navigated fallen trees and was able to locate the individuals, who were found cold but otherwise unharmed. Additionally, a solo camper in the area required an escort off the hill.
Outcome: All individuals were safely evacuated from the area.
Mountain Rescue teams were called out late Saturday night to four teenagers who had become stranded on the fells due to severe weather. The group was found cold and wet after failing to reach their intended camping spot in the Priest Hole. Following treatment for mild hypothermia at the scene, all individuals were safely escorted down the hill.
Outcome: All rescued safely after treatment at scene.
Two separate groups of hillwalkers suffered lower leg injuries in Knoydart, a remote Highland peninsula, during Storm Dave over the Easter weekend. One group descended overnight; the second group was airlifted by rescue teams on Sunday morning after weather conditions improved.
Outcome: one group self-evacuated overnight, second group airlifted by helicopter
Team members were called out in the early evening to assist an individual with a lower leg injury above Jacob's Ladder in Cheddar Gorge. They provided pain relief and secured the injured area before safely moving the person down to the roadside for handover to paramedics.
Outcome: Handed over to paramedics