An Edale and Buxton Mountain Rescue teams snatch squad was called to Abney Moor during the afternoon to an incident involving a glider.

Other agencies including the Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service, Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire Police helicopter, East Midlands Ambulance Service, Yorkshire Air Ambulance also attended.

A glider had crashed into trees and a wire fence on the moor adjacent to fields and a 25 foot deep ravine. The trees and fence held the glider in a vertical position and prevented the casuality from falling deeper into the ravine itself.

The fire service secured the aircraft and cut the 74 year old male pilot free. …

A joint snatch squad call for Edale and Buxton teams on Thursday afternoon to Longstone Edge, near Great Longstone.

A 49 year old male from the Bedfordshire area had fallen from his mountain bike and sustained serious head injuries. The incident occurred whilst he was descending a track in the Deep Rake area. He was treated on site by paramedics and mountain rescue team doctors, before being evacuated to a waiting helicopter.

The man was then flown in the Warwickshire and Northants Air Ambulance to the University Hospital, Coventry, for further treatment.
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A Buxton & Edale Mountain Rescue Team snatch squad was called to Townhead Bridge, Hope, on Friday afternoon.

A 59 year old male hill walker from the Nottingham area, had slipped and sustained a fractured ankle whilst walking the ridge between Win Hill and Hope Cross. To raise the alarm, his walking companion had to walk down to the nearest farm, as neither had a mobile phone available.

The casualty was treated on site by rescue team personnel who splintered his injury and gave pain relief. The gentleman was then placed into a vacuum mattress, and onto a stretcher. The low cloud …

A joint Buxton and Edale snatch squad was called to Townhead Bridge, near Hope, on Saturday morning. Buxton Team members were fundraising in Castleton, enabling a very quick response.

The call-out involved a 40 Year old male walker who had slipped on wet snow whilst walking in the Lose Hill area, dislocating his left shoulder.

The DLR Air Ambulance was on scene before us, dropping off a doctor and paramedic, before relocating downhill to a better landing area. The aircrew treated the casualty on site, including pain relief. Team members arrived and placed the casualty into a vacuum mattress and loaded him …

The team, together with a search dog, was called to Leek on Sunday night, after reports that a vulnerable young male was missing in the south eastern outskirts of town, around Bradnop.

Heavy snow was falling and there was a considerable wind chill leading to major concerns for his welfare and safety.

The young man was seen by police within the search area, and the team were preparing a search strategy together with the police search advisor when the missing male returned home.

The team were then stood down. Search dog teams from Kinder, Woodhead and Oldham who were also called out, were …

On Sunday afternoon a joint Buxton and Edale snatch squad was called to Mam Nick, on the northern side of the Mam Tor ridge.

The ambulance service had requested assistance to recover a 21 year old female walker who had collapsed on the bridleway between Mam Nick and Edale. She was treated on site by the crew of the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance who had landed nearby, and then taken in the aircraft to Edale where she was transferred into a land ambulance and taken to hospital for further treatment.

Neil Carruthers, Buxton Team Leader commented “This lady was French …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called to Millers Dale to asssit the ambulance service late at night.

It was reported that a young person had collapsed on the Monsal Trail. We located a 16 year old girl from Gillingham, Kent, near to Bridge 75 and the steps into Chee Dale. She had suffered a medical collapse, and was treated on site by the ambulance service paramedics.

Neil Carruthers, Buxton Team Leader said “We provided access along the Monsal Trail enabling the ambulance to drive to the casualty site directly, and assisted the crew with the evacuation into the ambulance”.

She …

Buxton team, plus a search dog, called to look for a walker lost in hill fog.

A lone male hill walker, in his 40s, reported being lost in thick fog on Kinder Scout. His last known location was Kinder Low trig point. Kinder MRT initiate a search along the Western edges, but having not found anyone for over an hour, activate both Glossop and Buxton MRT’s, including a search dog, to broaden the search to the north and south west of the plateau. Buxton were deployed to the routes with waterfalls on the south west: Crowden Brook, The Cloughs, and …

An early afternoon call-out in overcast conditions to the steep grassy slopes near Chrome Hill in Upper Dovedale.

The casualty, a 61 year old woman from the Nottingham area, had slipped in the wet ground conditions, injuring her ankle. She was treated on site by EMAS paramedics, then loaded onto a stretcher and carried by team members for c. 300 metres downhill to a farmer’s Land Rover. Sitting upright in the back, she was driven to a waiting ambulance, transferred, and taken to Macclesfield General Hospital for futher care and attention.

A team spokesperson said “the conditions at the time were …

A Buxton and Edale snatch squad was called to the Grindleford area late morning to assist the ambulance and helicopter crew with an injured female.

The casualty, a 21 year old from the Doncaster area, was taking part in a team building exercise in the upper reaches of Padley Gorge, near Longshaw, when she slipped on rocks and sustained a fracture or dislocation of her lower leg.

She was evacuated by stretcher a short distance over rocky, uneven ground to the waiting aircraft, and flown to hospital for further treatment.