A report  by a concerned passerby to the Peak National Park Information Centre at Castleton resulted in a 999 call to the police about a family stranded on the roadside between Mam Tor and Barber Booth. 

The Sheffield family had come to the area for a day of sledging in the snow but in the process lost their car keys.  The family, including a 10 year old and a 7 year old, became very cold whilst they waited over 2 hours for a vehicle rescue organisation to turn out. When informed …

On Bank Holiday Monday mountain rescue was again called to assist the ambulance service on an ice plastered road.

Ten Buxton team members responded to Longridge Lane between Dove Holes and Peak Dale to where a walker had been lying for an hour before anyone found him on the remote lane. The 49 year old man had simply slipped on the treacherously icy road surface and sustained a suspected fracture to the ankle but he had no way of summoning help. 

By the time he was found hypothermia was starting to take affect.  He was treated by team members and an East Midlands Ambulance crew before being transferred …

At an early hour on Boxing Day, North West Ambulance Service contacted mountain rescue to ask assistance for one its ambulances which was stuck on a remote and ice plastered road. The ambulance, had been transferring patients from Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport to a Buxton Hospital and the last leg of its journey was to take an elderly patient to Congleton. 

The Greater Manchester based crew were unfamiliar with the route and in darkness and thick fog had been using a satnav system.  However the ambulance missed its turning for the A54 and continued on the A53 towards Leek.  The satnav system attempted to redirect the …

Buxton team called on Tuesday afternoon together with Kinder MRT following a telephone call from a male walking on Kinder Scout. 

At the time of the call the weather was appalling with heavy snow falling on to ground already covered in deep snow.  The man was caught in a whiteout snowstorm somewhere near to the summit of Mill Hill and began to panic when he realised that he had lost his bearings. Because of the poor road conditions team members struggled to get into the Edale Valley from where Buxton MRT was to start searching.   Some members made it to the rendezvous but …

A group of people from Wolverhampton thought it would be good fun to come to the Peak District for a days “off roading” in two four x four vehicles.  In weather that kept most people indoors they set off along the track towards Malcoff off Rushop Edge.   Both vehicles became stranded some two kilometres from the road and five people including a six year old had to call for assistance. 

In darkness, deep snow and strong winds Buxton team responded to the call-out with its own Land Rover and crew of four.   The party was quickly located and helped back to …

North West Ambulance Service requested assistance with a a 13 year old casualty at Mow Cop near Congleton.  The call was cancelled shortly afterwards and before the attendance of any team members.  Details not known.

An incident involving a lady from Newall Green in Manchester resulted in 22 team members travelling to Standing Stone car park in Macclesfield Forest. A 62 year old female had slipped in the icy conditions whilst walking on the forest tracks near to Ferriser. She had a suspected ankle fracture.

Initial assistance came from a passing walking party that contained two doctors.  The rescue team and county ambulance were both summoned.  Following treatment at the incident site the lady was carried by rescue vehicle back to Standing Stone car park where the ambulance was …

Buxton and Edale Joint Snatch Squad called to assist the air-ambulance with a collapsed male casualty. 

As team members were arriving at the rendezvous In Wormhill a further message was received with information that the casualty was already on the aircraft en route to hospital.  No further details yet available.

Buxton Team was called to rendezvous at Monyash for an incident in Lathkill Dale. A 62 year old lady from Matlock had been walking in the dale when she slipped on the wet grass and sustained an ankle injury. 

Heavy rain and strong winds hampered the rescue. Yorkshire Air-ambulance attended the scene but because of poor visibility and the early onset of darkness it was unable to remain on site. Team members took over the first aid treatment and lifted the casualty on to a mountain rescue stretcher.  In pouring rain the steep evacuation up the side of the dale towards Haddon Farm commenced.  En-route additional …

A full team call-out for Buxton and Kinder MRTs with assistance from five Edale MRT members following a 999 call to the police from a group of four adults lost in the low cloud on Kinder Scout. 

The four young men, between 25 & 27 years had become disorientated in the middle of Kinder plateau after visiting Kinder Downfall.  The group, three from Nottingham and one from Bristol,  had been camping near Ashbourne and went to Edale for a days walk on the moor.  After crossing the moor in reasonable weather they set off back towards the southern edge when they were enveloped …