East Midlands Ambulance Service requested mountain rescue assistance following a 999 call from a group of 24 children and 4 adults doing the Three Dales Circular Walk near Hartington. One of the party, a 15 year old female from Conway, had slipped and jarred her back and was unable to continue.

Buxton and Derby Mountain Rescue Teams were called to the incident and met at Wolfscote Grange. The exact position of the party was not clear and search dog, Megan, with handler, Dave Mason, were immediatelydeployed to locate the group. Other team members were soon on scene, and the young girl was treated by …

A full team call-out for Buxton Mountain Rescue Team with support from Kinder Mountain Rescue Team plus three Peak District search dog units.

Staffordshire police asked for the assistance of mountain rescue in searching a large area of wooded land close to the canal basin of Froghall, near Leek. This was an attempt to locate any traces of a man who had been missing for 12 months.  The man, who was known to be depressed and had previously attempted suicide, went missing from his home address in March 2009. Despite many searches and enquiries by the police nothing had yet been found. The area around …

A family party of three walking up Crowden Brook towards Kinder’s southern edge called for assistance when a 55 year old female slipped on the wet rock and sustained serious ankle and head injuries.   The precise location of the incident was not certain as the informant, daughter of the casualty, had to walk some distance to gain a cell-phone signal.

The Mountain Rescue Snatch Squad from Edale and Buxton Rescue Teams rendezvoused at Upper Booth and climbed some two kilometers to locate the accident site in the upper reaches of Crowden Brook Clough.   The …

As team members were assembling for the usual Thursday night training exercise, a call from the police suddenly gave the evening a sense of reality. 

A mobile phone call had been received from a lone female walker on Kinder Scout stating that she had injured her ankle and could not proceed. She was unsure of her exact position but early presumptions indicated she was probably at the top of Crowden Brook.  Buxton and Edale teams were called simultaneously to rendezvous at Tipps car park, Upper Booth. With Buxton team members already dressed for the hill the response was impressive and had their first section …

A Snatch Squad call for Edale and Buxton Teams in response to a request from the ambulance service.

A sixty year old German visitor staying in Sheffield was reported to have slipped whilst walking in Padley Gorge and sustained a serious ankle injury.  The teams rendezvoused at Grindleford Station as an air-ambulance was already making its approach.   Team members were able to assist the paramedics and then carried the casualty a short distance to where the aircraft had been able to land.  The lady was then flown to a Chesterfield Hospital.

Buxton and Edale Teams together called out 43 members and three search dogs to search Kinder Scout following the report of five people, including an eight year old child, lost on the moor.

The call-out at 17.50 followed an afternoon of low cloud, freezing temperatures and light snow which was beginning to blanket the hillside.  The group had set off from Barber Booth but became disorientated as darkness fell and they couldn’t find their way off the moor.   The party was known to be inadequately dressed and had little or no equipment to deal with …

Buxton MRT along with three other teams and three search dogs were called following a message from a man with his son lost on the Kinder plateau.

Operating from Edale, the team commenced a search of the southern edges for the man and his 13 year old son who had become disorientated in thick low cloud and darkness after a day’s walking.  Although in cell-phone contact with rescue control, the man was unable to give any clear indication of his whereabouts and a full scale search of the moor was commenced. 

Eventually the two, from Salford, Manchester, were located by a search dog …

Weekend snatch call for Buxton and Edale teams for a female who had slipped on ice and suffered an arm injury whilst walking on Kinder Scout.   The teams were rendezvousing at Edale village when word was received that the casualty had been evacuated by air-ambulance.

A request from Derbyshire Constabulary following a call from a gentleman in a 4 x 4 vehicle trapped by deep snow and pack ice in the bottom of the Goyt Valley.

All three people in the vehicle were aged seventy or over and the police were concerned for their welfare.  Buxton Mountain Rescue Team responded with its Land Rover and a crew of two entering the valley from the Macclesfield side.   The approach roads to the valley did not have any road closed signs and it wasn’t until a vehicle was …

More stranded motorists!  This time a vehicle was reported to be stuck fast 300 metres down Winnats Pass, and the driver without proper clothing.

Three team members responded in the team Land Rover and made their way from the Wanted Inn towards the head of Winnats.  Despite ploughing, the road was still appalling with deep drifts built up by the wind. Before arriving at Winnats Pass other motorists had to be assisted and turned back.  On arrival in the Pass the team found that the original stranded vehicle had been extracted by a farmer and his tractor, but inevitably, other vehicles were soon stuck and the …