We were requested by Patterdale MRT to assist with the recovery of a man injured in an RTC on Kirkstone Pass, Snow had made the road impassable and the RTC had further compounded the problem
A two vehicle RTC cause injuries to three people in the snow at Kirkstone Pass. We were called to assist. With an ambulance on scene, but itself also stuck, we assisted Paramedics. One person was evacuated with back injuries, using our stretcher and there were two walking wounded. Approximately 8 other people were evacuated from the road because it was blocked by the snow and crashed vehicles. It would be fair to say that the road was not in any condition to be used before the collision occurred. Patterdale MRT attended form their side of the pass as well.
Following an RTC on an icy road, a family informed police by phone that they intended to walk back the 2.5 miles home. When they hadn't returned home after a reasonable time, they were reported overdue. A search was being organised when they turned up
A 42-year-old woman slipped into a snow filled gully and had to be assisted out by the team. She was than escorted off the fell, unhurt.
Having just returned from call out number 1, the team was called again. Two youths from Leyland, with inadequate clothing and footwear, fell some distance over snow covered ledges. Casualty with pelvic, leg injuries and exposure was stretcher lowered over the main buttress to base of crag, whilst second casually with exposure was lowered down Kilnshaw Chimney.
The team went to the assistance of a 17 year old youth from Leyland who sustained head, back and leg injuries when he fell 400' out of a snow filled gulley onto screes. His equipment and training shoes were unsuitable for the snow and ice conditions. Local climbers in the vicinity assisted with evacuation.
A 51 year old man from Ambleside fell about 25ft and sustained a complicated fracture to his lower leg/ankle. Stretcher lowered 200ft down gulley and carried over snow covered boulders to Kirkstone. Then by ambulance to Lancaster hospital. Both climbers very experienced.
The South African occupants of a car were recovered after they slid their car off the road while descending "The Struggle". This is a steep ice bound road and was a poor choice to make. Luckily nobody was injured.
A 19 year old male from Barrow sustained a fractured leg and a dislocated hip. Members
from a Grassington team who were in the area had stretchered the injured skier down just
as the team were arriving at the incident.
Whilst being taken to hospital with a broken leg, a man aged 40 from the Kirkstone Pass Inn was trapped for 5 hours in his snow-bound Land Rover. The team's Land Rover, with special studded snow tyres and a "digging crew" recovered passenger and vehicle and returned both to Kirkstone Top.
Weather conditions: gale force winds, deep snow drifts, Pass road blocked.
We were requested to urgently assist ambulance and air ambulance in geting a seriously injured motorcyclist from a beck.
We were requested to assist Patterdale MRT with the search for a missing 10-year-old boy. The boy was quickly located
A coach-load of people, on a two day tour of the Lakes, nearly spent both days on their coach when it got stuck in snow at Kirkstone Pass. We ferried 52 of them down to Ambleside. Road Closed signs where in place.
We were asked to assist with a search for any other victims after a car was found crashed off the road on Kirkstone Pass.
We were requested to assist the ambulance service with the recovery of a motorcyclist who had gone off the road and down a road-side bank.
