The ongoing winter conditions continued to cause chaos on minor roads when another five inches of snow fell overnight in the Peak District. Buxton team was called to assist a 68 year old gentleman from the remote hamlet of Pilsbury, near Hartington. His 4 x 4 had become trapped in the snow and he then spent the next two hours sheltering in a barn.
The team responded with just two members in a Land Rover and managed to collect the gentleman and take him safely home.
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Team vehicle drivers, on stand-by at the Dove Holes Base as part of the Emergency Services Contingency Plan, were soon called by East Midlands Ambulance Service when it was reported that a 90 year old man required urgent transfer from his remote house to a Buxton nursing home.
Heavy snow was still falling and the A53, Buxton-Leek road was already closed. A team ambulance was despatched which picked up additional members on its way through Buxton. The steep Brand Side road was filled with snow so the ambulance was …
Following deployment of the team’s Land Rover (see incident 08) a Buxton Mountain Rescue Team vehicle, normally station at Buxton Fire Station, was on its way to take up a Stand-by position at the team’s Dove Holes Base. Just a few minutes into the journey the crew came across a three vehicle road traffic incident on the A515 in Buxton at Cemetery Hill.
Other emergency services were alerted to the accident involving a lorry and two cars. Fortunately there were no serious injuries with just one lady requiring …
As part of an Emergency Services Contingency Plan several Peak District mountain rescue teams were asked to up-grade their availability to Stand-by when winter conditions swept across the area through Wednesday night. Several A class roads were already becoming blocked with snow and stranded vehicles.
Buxton team was asked to deploy a Land Rover ambulance to wait at Macclesfield Ambulance Station in support of North West Ambulance Service during the period of heaviest snow fall. No incidents requiring the team were reported and the three members with the vehicle retuned to our Dove Holes base in the late afternoon.
Four Peak District Mountain Rescue Teams and two search and rescue dogs were deployed at 23.00 hours following the report a male lost on the Kinder Plateau. The man, 28 years old from Denton, had ascended Kinder from the Hayfield side and it was believed that his intention was to make towards the Snake Road. However he became disorientated in the darkness and mist and mountain rescue was alerted. Not knowing his precise location or navigational experience the pre-planned, four team, Kinder Search was initiated.
The man did eventually …
A report of a man having suffered a fractured leg on the track between the head of Cave Dale and Eldon Hill (just off The Limestone Way) triggered a call-out for Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams. It had been a clear cold day but the sun was disappearing quickly behind a freezing mist.
The man, from Didsbury, Manchester, had been walking alone when he slipped on the snowy path. Two passing walkers gave immediate help and paramedics from East Midlands Ambulance Service went directly to the …
The Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation’s “Kinder Search Plan” was again initiated following the report of two men missing on Kinder plateau.
A cold but bright snowy day had been deteriorating since the afternoon and the forecast for the night was for it to get much worse with heavy rain and gale force winds. Anyone still on the moor without quality equipment was going to be in serious trouble. Neither of the two missing men were believed to have waterproof trousers, torches or a map.
Buxton, Glossop, Kinder and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams were called about 20.00 hours when a man, …
Four Peak District mountain rescue teams and four Search & Rescue dogs were called to locate a man who had reported himself lost on Kinder plateau.
The weather throughout Sunday had been relatively mild but light snow from Saturday was still lying in gullies and strong winds and heavy showers throughout the day made for difficult walking conditions. Teams were alerted about 18.00 hours and each team rendezvoused at its own chosen location. The teams have a pre-planned system for searching Kinder which involves Buxton, Glossop, Kinder and Edale mountain rescue teams dividing the …
A joint call-out for Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams following the report of 70 year old male walker from Sheffield having sustained an ankle injury.
Following first aid by rescue team members the gentleman was carried by stretcher for some distance up hill, over a narrow footbridge and several stiles, back to the road to a waiting ambulance. The casualty was then transferred to a Sheffield hospital for further examination.
Photo Credit: Team members restocking equipment in to vehicles on the narrow Abney road following the incident.
Derbyshire Police contacted mountain rescue in the early hours of Wednesday to request help in locating a missing vulnerable person in Chatsworth Estate. Edale Mountain Rescue Team and S.A.R.D.A. dog handlers were also alerted but, before any proper preparations for the search started, the police located the man safe and well.
The team key-contact went back to bed and the rest of the team slumbered on oblivious to the potential rude awakening.
