Coniston Mountain Rescue Team

Coniston Mountain Rescue Team The team is on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, we are all volunteers and funded only by public donations.

Coniston Mountain Rescue Team was founded in 1947 and was the first team of its kind in the UK. There are currently over 30 highly trained volunteers on the active list, turning out in all-weather 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and all funded solely by donations.

Many thanks to the amazing apprentices at the WEC Engineering Academy who have designed, manufactured and installed the ...
28/05/2026

Many thanks to the amazing apprentices at the WEC Engineering Academy who have designed, manufactured and installed the pedestrian gate for our new car park.

Thanks to all of them and Kris Mercer, Academy Manager ...Lovely piece of craftsmanship!

WEC Group Ltd

Incident 29 of 2026:26/05/26, 18:45, Colthouse Heights, SD362982With admirable independence, a former servicemen was rid...
27/05/2026

Incident 29 of 2026:
26/05/26, 18:45, Colthouse Heights, SD362982

With admirable independence, a former servicemen was riding his electric wheelchair across Claife Heights on a hot day. His descent route, however, was unexpectedly rocky and he became stuck. Cumbria Police asked us to help, and we decided that the safest course was to stretcher him, uninjured, down to the road.

12 volunteer team members attended for 3 hours and 5 minutes.

Thanks also to the lovely staff Kings Arms Hawkshead for their offer of support with the gentleman when we got back to the village 👏🏼

📸 The photo is taken after our casualty was delivered to his accommodation – our new probationers Claire and Tom (both leaning on the Land Rover) appear to be enjoying life on the team!

If you would like to contribute towards our costs, click to donate here ➡️ https://bit.ly/DonateCMRT

Incident 28 of 2026:25/05/26, 14:31, Old Man of Coniston, SD283981Another sunny day in the Lakes, and a couple were desc...
25/05/2026

Incident 28 of 2026:
25/05/26, 14:31, Old Man of Coniston, SD283981
Another sunny day in the Lakes, and a couple were descending the Old Man of Coniston when the man slipped near Stubthwaite Crag and briefly lost consciousness. North West Ambulance Service asked us to help. While we were en-route, a nurse who was passing, stopped to help him as he recovered. A trauma surgeon also stopped to assist a little later. Our thanks to both.

The casualty was assessed and appeared to have made a full recovery apart from some localised bruising. It was decided to assist him down the short distance to our vehicles. He was taken to base and an NWAS ambulance arrived shortly after. The paramedics assessed him and deemed him well enough to self present at their local hospital. His wife therefore drove him there.

15 volunteer team members attended, and the incident lasted for 2 hours and 34 minutes.

If you would like to contribute towards our costs, click to donate here ➡️ https://bit.ly/DonateCMRT

Incident 27 of 2026:24/05/26, 15:17, Old Man of Coniston, SD274978It was a warm, sunny day, and a family was descending ...
24/05/2026

Incident 27 of 2026:
24/05/26, 15:17, Old Man of Coniston, SD274978
It was a warm, sunny day, and a family was descending the Old Man when one of them slipped near the top and fell, injuring both his legs and hence unable to walk. Cumbria Police called us to help, and we despatched 3 vehicles to Bursting Stone quarry, walking up from there.

On arrival at the casualty, he was assessed and one leg was splinted. We then carried him on our stretcher down to the quarry and our vehicles. He was then driven to our base, and went from there in a family car to hospital.

17 volunteer team members attended, and the incident lasted for 3 hours and 53 minutes.

If you would like to contribute towards our costs, click to donate here ➡️ https://bit.ly/DonateCMRT

Incident 26 of 2026:23/05/26, 15:14, Claife Heights, SD387965A sunny day after overnight rain, leaving forest paths wet ...
23/05/2026

Incident 26 of 2026:
23/05/26, 15:14, Claife Heights, SD387965
A sunny day after overnight rain, leaving forest paths wet and slippery. A woman slipped and injured her ankle, and North West Ambulance Service asked us to help stretcher her down to their land ambulance on the road beside Windermere lake. One of their paramedics is a also team member, so knew who to ask for. We provided additional pain relief, and delivered her to the ambulance.

13 volunteer team members attended, and the incident lasted for 3 hours.

If you would like to contribute towards our costs, click to donate here ➡️ https://bit.ly/DonateCMRT

Incident 25 of 2026:09/05/26, 08:57, Claife Heights, SD377984On a cool and dry day, a female runner on an organised trai...
09/05/2026

Incident 25 of 2026:
09/05/26, 08:57, Claife Heights, SD377984
On a cool and dry day, a female runner on an organised trail race slipped and injured her leg. Cumbria Police called on us to help, and we despatched two Land Rovers. On arrival, she was assessed, pain relief given, a splint applied and then she was stretchered to our vehicles. We took her to our base for a land ambulance handover.
10 volunteer members attended, and the incident lasted for 3 hours and 40 minutes.
If you would like to contribute towards our costs, click to donate here ➡️ https://bit.ly/DonateCMRT

Incident 24 of 2026:24/04/26, 14:11, Wetherlam Edge, NY289013On a warm, sunny Spring afternoon, a man became seriously u...
24/04/2026

Incident 24 of 2026:
24/04/26, 14:11, Wetherlam Edge, NY289013

On a warm, sunny Spring afternoon, a man became seriously unwell while walking up the Edge. His Guide called for help, and Cumbria Police asked us to assist. It is a long stretcher-carry down from there, so, being low on numbers, we called for helicopter assistance as well as asking our neighbouring team Duddon & Furness MRT to attend if possible in case air support was not available.

In fact, Rescue 897, which is based at Carlisle Lake District Airport was tasked, and winched the casualty up off the crag for speedy transfer to hospital. We were therefore stood down en-route, along with our colleagues from Duddon and Furness MRT.

10 members from Coniston MRT attended, along with 8 from Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team (thank you!) The incident took 2 hours and 10 minutes.

The time of year has arrived again where spring lambs are appearing in the fields and fells. I just wanted to remind peo...
24/04/2026

The time of year has arrived again where spring lambs are appearing in the fields and fells. I just wanted to remind people to take extra care when you are out walking with your dog. We have had incidents where a dog has either been off their lead or has indeed been on one, but pulled away in excitement, in order to chase a sheep, resulting in the dog going missing, being injured and even a fatality. There is also a chance that you may decide to go and try and rescue your dog if it finds itself needing help, and we could end up having to rescue you as well.

Being able to see your dog enjoying the freedom of the outdoors, as well as you do, is a joy and I personally love nothing better. However, things can go awry very quickly if you are not mindful of the fact that dogs can be unpredictable around livestock, especially with the added enticement of bleating lambs to play with. Dogs which aren’t used to sheep, or aren’t trained to ignore them, could just take off without notice and, in their focussed adrenaline rush, may not hear your recall command, or choose to ignore it. The consequences can be severe for the sheep/lamb, the farmer, the dog-owner or the dog.

The answer is simple. I’m not going to say that you must keep your dog on a lead all the time, because I don’t keep mine on one unless I am walking through a field of sheep. I put her on her lead then, for two reasons, to lessen the risk of distressing the livestock and out of respect for the farmer. If you aren’t happy about having to hold the lead whilst walking because you need your hands for your walking poles, then simply attach or loop it round your rucksack waist strap. My dog is trained not to chase and has spent most of her life on the fells. Has yours?

So, if you know your dog will chase sheep, or if you do not know for sure, or have any doubt whatsoever, no matter how tiny that doubt is, or how your dog will react when it sees sheep, then please for the sheep’s sake, the farmer’s sake, your sake and your dog’s sake, keep it on a lead.

Thank you.

Janice Hamilton
Coniston Team Leader

Incident 23 of 2026:18/04/26, 14:58, ConistonJust as we had arrived back at our vehicles with the mountain biker from in...
18/04/2026

Incident 23 of 2026:
18/04/26, 14:58, Coniston
Just as we had arrived back at our vehicles with the mountain biker from incident 22, we were asked if we would attend a local resident who had slipped backwards in her garden. She had a suspected head injury and access to her home and garden was poor.
One vehicle left with three team members. The lady was fully assessed and deemed well enough not to require a visit to the hospital. However she was advised that in the event of her beginning to feel poorly she must ring for an ambulance or get taken by someone to hospital.
6 members were involved in total to this incident which took 47 minutes.

Incident 22 of 2026:18/04/26, 12:58, Walna Scar track, SD261964On a cool and sunny day, a man fell from his mountain bik...
18/04/2026

Incident 22 of 2026:
18/04/26, 12:58, Walna Scar track, SD261964
On a cool and sunny day, a man fell from his mountain bike close to the Brown Pike col and injured his leg, particularly his knee. Cumbria Police called us, and we sent all 3 vehicles to the rock step, walking up from there. The casualty was assessed, pain relief given and the leg was splinted. We then stretchered him down to our vehicles and took him to our base. His friends then took him to hospital.
18 members attended this incident, which lasted for 2 hours 47 minutes.
If you would like to contribute towards our costs, click to donate here ➡️ https://bit.ly/DonateCMRT

Incident 21 of 2026:17/04/26, 18:04, Low Water, SD275982The evening was dry and breezy with intermittent cloud. Cumbria ...
17/04/2026

Incident 21 of 2026:
17/04/26, 18:04, Low Water, SD275982
The evening was dry and breezy with intermittent cloud. Cumbria Police asked us to assist a family with locating their lost dog on Coniston Old Man. We were told that the gentleman who had stayed looking for the family dog, (now believed it was possible she was stuck amongst rocks), was making his way off the fell. After ascertaining the route from information his wife provided and who had returned to the village, and also where the dog was last seen ie. Low Water, the team split up and covered two tracks hoping to meet up with the gentleman. He had no battery left on his phone so we could not actually contact him. Fortunately we found him and the dog which was unhurt, very quickly. He was accompanied to the Base where the family was happily reunited. A good ending!
7 members responded to this incident which took 1 hr 21 minutes.
If you would like to contribute towards our costs, click to donate here ➡️ https://bit.ly/DonateCMRT

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