Whilst this job was ongoing, a second call came in to assist North West Ambulance Service, with another medical collapse at Teggs Nose.

Due to resources being tasked to the ongoing incident (call 82), the team requested assistance from Cheshire Search and Rescue & Kinder Mountain Rescue Team.

Team members were called to assist EMAS and the Police due to the heavy snow that had fallen in the area.

As the stretcher party and casualty were descending the valley from the previous call out, a cacophony of phone ring tones went off alerting the teams to a further callout on Mam Tor. Team members who had not attended the first callout were now required to make their way to the second call out.

Once the Nether Tor casualty was on more straightforward terrain further team members were released to make a rapid descent to the valley floor and head to Mam Tor.

The second casualty of the day was …

The Edale Valley is a superb location in which residents and visitors can enjoy outdoor activities, and Buxton MRT and Edale Mountain Rescue Team are on hand when things don’t quite go to plan. Joint callouts are commonplace to provide sufficient team members to deal with incidents safely and this weekend was no exception.

Both teams were busy today working together to carry out rescues on Nether Tor and then Mam Tor. In the first instance a fell runner training for the Edale Skyline Race slipped sustaining a lower leg injury on the …

The team was called out at 15:29 on Saturday afternoon to a walker who had fallen sustaining a painful lower back injury. Team members made their way to the designated RV point at Edale Station.

The first four team members headed up onto Kinder from the Nags Head pub along the path towards Grindslow Knoll. The casualty, who was with walking friends, was located on the Edale path that overlooks Grindsbrook. Due to the prospect of a long stretcher carry off, Edale Mountain Rescue Team was also tasked and as the nature of …