Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called in the early evening after a group of walkers had contacted Derbyshire Police asking for directions to get off Kinder Scout.

The walkers’ exact position was located by using smart phone technology which placed them at the top of Crowden Brook.  The party of three men, all from The New Forest area, had very limited lighting with them so a small section of the rescue team climbed Crowden Brook to meet the walkers and assist them off the hillside.

The “Kinder Scout Search Plan” was activated on Thursday afternoon following reports from two female walkers that they were lost in thick mist on the high moorland plateau.

Whilst they thought they were on one of the edge paths, the low cloud prevented them identifying any discernible landmarks with which they could pinpoint their position.

The Kinder Search Plan involves all the four mountain rescue teams which surround Kinder Scout.  Kinder, Glossop, Edale and Buxton teams were called out, together with a number of search and rescue dogs, after attempts to locate the two lost walkers by phone tracking had failed.

As search plans were being established, the two walkers walkers contacted Derbyshire Police again saying that they had managed to …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to an incident which may have occurred some time earlier in the morning whereby a young female had sustained a painful injury during a military training exercise.  The initial rendezvous point for team members was at the disused army camp at Blackshaw Moor but the incident site was actually about eight kilometres drive away.

The army cadet had slipped about twenty metres down a boggy embankment and suffered a suspected fractured ankle.   Pain relieving drugs were …

It was a beautiful afternoon when an experienced team member decided that a “Job Creation Scheme” was what the team needed to boost call-out numbers.  Whilst out for a day’s walk and descending from Grindslow Knoll he slipped on the wet grass just below Archer Gate and sustained ligament damage to his knee.

The pain was sufficient for him to decide to call for help but it was a decision he knew he would regret making.  The Joint Team Snatch Squad from Buxton and Edale rescue teams was called out and with …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by East Midlands Ambulance Service following a report of an injured walker on the ridge of Chrome Hill, near Longnor.

A 57 year old lady had been walking with friends, all part of a Bristol based sub-aqua group, when a strong gust of wind blew her off her feet.  The incident resulted in a suspected fracture of both the fibula and tibia of her right leg.

The Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air-ambulance was circling the incident site as team members were …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team responded along with Edale M.R.T. following the report of a lady having sustained an injury whilst walking in the Chee Dale area near to Miller’s Dale.

A simple slip resulted in a painful fracture of the wrist for the lady from Eyam who was with a rambling group at the time of the accident.  Poor mobile phone signal from the incident site complicated calling for assistance but the two teams were soon on route to rendezvous at Miller’s Dale Station.

The lady was treated on site by a paramedic before being carried by stretcher up on to the …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team responded along with Edale M.R.T. following the report of a lady having sustained an injury whilst walking in the Chee Dale area near to Miller’s Dale.
A simple slip resulted in a painful fracture of the wrist for the lady from Eyam who was with a rambling group at the time of the accident.  Poor mobile phone signal from the incident site complicated calling for assistance but the two teams were soon on route to rendezvous at Miller’s Dale Station.
The lady was treated on site by a paramedic before being carried by stretcher up on to the …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was engaged in one of its regular weekend, search training exercises when a genuine call-out was received.  It was a freezing night with a strong easterly wind and the possibility of snow later.

A young couple from Leicester had been rough camping since Friday night and had gone for a walk onto Kinder.  Late Saturday evening, when darkness had fallen, they became disorientated and lost their way.  They called the police and the PDMRO Duty Controller was duly contacted.

Buxton and Edale teams were both …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by North West Ambulance Service to assist with the evacuation of a supposed casualty in a wooded area of the country park.

On arrival, the team found that the situation had changed when it was realised that the informant and the supposed casualty were both vulnerable adults and of interest to the police.  When it was established that both people were accounted for and in no danger, the team returned to base.

Police, ambulance crew and team members with the …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by North West Ambulance Service to assist with the evacuation of a supposed casualty in a wooded area of the country park.
On arrival, the team found that the situation had changed when it was realised that the informant and the supposed casualty were both vulnerable adults and of interest to the police.  When it was established that both people were accounted for and in no danger, the team returned to base.
Police, ambulance crew and team members with the …