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Since the beginning of 2000 team members have been involved in over 2400 incidents.

Edale Mountain Rescue Team operates in the Peak District National Park and is one of the busiest Mountain Rescue Teams in the UK.... We are a registered charity and survive solely on donations. Due to the large number of outdoor activities carried out within our area, coupled with the high number of visitors/participants, Edale Mountain Rescue Team is one of the busiest mountain rescue teams in the country. These incidents have occurred whilst people have been partaking in nearly every outdoor activity possible on dry land or in the air; walking, climbing, fell running, mountain biking, horse riding, trials biking, hand gliding, paragliding, fixed wing gliding and even fishing. We also assist the police in incidents where our skills can be utilised in more rural locations. These predominantly involve searching for vulnerable people that have gone missing for various reasons and whose disappearance has cause concern. Edale Mountain Rescue Team members were also heavily involved the flood rescue operations in Sheffield during July 2007.

14/10/2026

Last night after the team training session, we had the pleasure of presenting Alex Toothill with his 10 year long service award. However it was presented with a tinge of sadness as this was Alex’s last training session with the team.

At the end of the month he is off to pastures new having taken a job with the Scottish Ambulance Service and he will be living and working in the far North West Highlands of Scotland.

Thank you to Alex for the last 10 years and the time and effort he has put into the team, he will be missed by all his teammates.

We wish him and Emma all the best for their new life and adventures in Scotland. We’re sure he won’t be short of a visitor or two when people are up in that neck of the woods.

⛑️🥃.

05/10/2026

Incident 114 - Saturday 3rd October 14:30hrs
The team was called to a member of a young walking group who was having a medical episode. The remainder of the group did exactly the right thing by keeping calm and contacting mountain rescue. When doing so they also provided an accurate location and brief on what had happened. Consequently the team was able to respond quickly to the given location. The young walker was assessed by one of our doctors and then evacuated by stretcher off the hill and handed into the care of the ambulance service.

Incident 115 - Saturday 3rd October 19:50hrs
A group of climbers on Stanage Edge reported hearing shouts for help in the moor below them. After trying to find the source themselves unsuccessfully they called for assistance. We deployed a small team to do some localised searches and also found nothing. With the absence of any further information the team was stood down.

Incident 116 - Sunday 4th October 14.30hrs
The team was called to a medical incident in the Porter Valley, Sheffield. Alongside ambulance resources we worked to stabilise the casualty before evacuating them back up to Fulwood Lane and onwards to hospital.

On Sunday the University of Sheffield Walking Club visited base for a tour and cheque presentation. £1486.74 was raised by them via a sponsored walk last Spring. Thank you 🥾👍

Last week Freddie and Mike our Team Wellbeing Officers undertook the nationally recognised Mental Health First Aider course delivered by Andy Elwood UK. This enables the award holders to better support team members as well as providing support as required at incidents.

If you require mountain rescue in an emergency dial 999 and ask for POLICE - MOUNTAIN RESCUE

30/09/2026

Incident 113 - Sunday 27th September 2026 14:30hrs
We were called to assist Glossop Mountain Rescue Team with an injured walker in the vicinity of the Alport castles. Two vehicles were dispatched from base to meet up with Glossop team members at Alport farm. Fortunately a witness had been able to climb up to the skyline on Birchinlee pastures allowing us to gain a good description of the cas site.
Team members were able to be guided into the injured party who had sustained a painful lower leg injury. Pain relief was given before they were packaged on a MR stretcher and evacuated back down to the valley floor and the waiting ambulance.

On Saturday we attended the Alpkit Big Shakeout event at Thornbridge Outdoors. Thank to everyone that popped by for a natter and donated.

One of the less energetic ways people can fundraise for us is by eating a dessert 😋. Longbow Venues have just donated £1141 from dessert sales at The Maynard. The fundraising dessert is now on the menu at The George in Hathersage. Select the ‘roasted fig pavlova with pistachio ice cream’ and £1 goes towards Edale MRT. Our thanks to Andy and the team at Longbow for their support.

26/09/2026

Twenty Years of the Nine Edges Endurance Challenge

We’d like to start by thanking everyone that’s participated in or helped organise or marshall the event of the past two decades.

It’s an event that’s woven in to the fabric of the team, and sees walkers, runners and climbers traversing a 20ish mile off-road route across nine classic gritstone edges (Derwent, Stanage, Burbage North, Burbage South, Froggatt, Curbar, Baslow, Birchens, Gardoms). It is also a very significant fundraising event for the team and allows us to fund the vehicles, equipment and running costs of a very busy mountain rescue team.

Congratulations to all of the participants in the 2026 event. The results are on our website. Apologies for the delay in publishing them we have been busy with all manner of things recently including the not insignificant post-event admin.

https://edalemrt.co.uk/nine-edges/

It ‘takes a village’ to make the event happen and this is our list of ‘thank yous’ for 2026 …

The landowners, Severn Trent Water, BH Sporting, Peak District, National Trust, Peak District National Park, Eastern Moors for permission to hold the event on their land.

The Robin Hood Inn for hosting the finish and providing refreshments.

Severn Trent for providing the water for checkpoints.

Alpkit for sponsoring the race numbers, prizes and jelly babies and providing a gazebo.

Burrows Toyota for providing the van to move all the kit about.

Saul, the running climber, for designing yet another fantastic T shirt.

Dave Peel for providing the O punches.

Andrews for providing a very competitive rate for the event buses.

The Stitch Factory for discounted event t-shirts

All the marshals and team members who helped out beforehand and on the day.

Everyone who entered and supported the Team, especially those who were unable to run and kindly donated their entry fee to the us. Especially those who made additional donations and raised sponsorship funds for the team.

None of the above would happen without the year round effort of Rob and Kevyn to herd the cats and make the Nine Edges such a success. The heartfelt thanks of the team to them both.

Entries for the 2027 event open around Easter time.

Within the photo montage this year is a photo of Steve Matthews holding his finishers certificate from the first event in 2006 !!

24/09/2026

Incident 112 - Wednesday 23rd September 2026 14:49hrs
The team was called by EMAS to assist with a medical incident at the side of Ladybower Reservoir. A team member working in the locality was on scene in quick time and with the aid of members of the public provided medical care until the arrival of our first responding vehicle. The team continued to provide medical treatment until the arrival of the ambulance service.

23/09/2026

Incident 111 - Tuesday 22nd September 12:38hrs
A member of a large walking group slipped whilst walking through Burbage Plantation and sustained a suspected fractured ankle. The team deployed down into the valley from Burbage North and located the casualty who was assessed by one of our RRMTs. Pain relief was administered prior to the injured leg being splinted. It was then time for a slog back up and out of the valley to meet up with the ambulance.

19/09/2026

Incident 110 - Thursday 17th September 15:16hrs
A walker stumbled on some difficult ground whilst walking near Ramsley reservoir and was unable to continue the walk back to the car. The team deployed and assisted them back to the road. We wish the casualty well.

Training last Tuesday evening focussed on rescuing an injured climber from a ledge on a route at Lawrencefield

14/09/2026

Incident 105 - 2026, Thursday 10th September 2026, 20:07hrs
The team assisted Derbyshire Police with an incident near Bamford.

Incident 106 - Saturday 12th September 2026 21:15hrs
A request to assist a benighted walker on Kinder Scout, a phonefind put them in the Rowland Cote area.
The duty controller was able to talk to the walker, who was cold, wet and disorientated.
A first team member on scene was tasked to do a hasty search towards the location of the walker and located them within 20 mins.
After a health check and with no injuries identified, the walker was walked off then dropped off at Edale station for the journey back home.

Incident 107 - Saturday 12th September 21:54hrs
A competitor in an endurance challenge suffered an injury rendering them unable to carry on.
The competitors tracker had been static for a considerable amount of time, which raised concerns with the organisers, who asked for assistance from the statutory services. The location given was near to Treak Cliff Cavern.
Team members responding to incident 106 were diverted to Treak Cliff, and were quickly on scene to assist. After initial treatment, the competitor was stretchered to the awaiting ambulance for conveyance to hospital and further treatment.

Incident 108 - Saturday 12th September 22:18hrs
While team members were tidying up from incident 107, a further request came in from Derbyshire Constabulary for two campers, reported very wet and cold in the upper reaches of Grindsbrook on Kinder Scout.
Team members made their way to them, provided them with warm clothing and Blizzard Protection Systems jackets, gave them a check over and deemed them fit and well enough to be walked off back to Edale village.
The pair were then handed over to the police who took over their welfare and transported them to be reunited with their families.

(On the descent from #108 the team also encountered a large amount of fly-camped waste including several tents, equipment, raw food and human waste. As much as possible was brought off the hill and the location has been reported. Waste like this presents a serious risk to livestock, wildlife, and rescue helicopters).

Incident 109 - Sunday 13th September 15:18hrs
The team was called to a paraglider who had sustained a lower leg injury whilst landing on Bradwell Edge. He was treated by team members and the crew of Helimed 54 before being stretchered to the aircraft for onward transport to hospital.

12/09/2026

And they’re off …..

To everyone walking, running or climbing their way along the 20 mile Nine Edges Route today to raise funds for Edale Mountain Rescue Team, thank you and good luck.

A big shout out to the small army of team members, volunteer helpers, supporters and sponsors that make the magic of the event happen.

Keep pressing on and we’ll see you for that well earned drink at the finish line

🏃‍♀️🥾🧗‍♀️🍻⛑️👍

08/09/2026

Congratulations to Trainee Search Dog Sniff and his handler Matt on passing his Stage 1 assessment with Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England at the weekend.

This assessment tests whether Sniff will indicate to his handler Matt when he has found a casualty/missing person. He does this by running back to Matt when he has found and barking at him to “indicate” the find. He will then run back and forth between the casualty and Matt indicating repeatably until Matt gets to the casualty.

The Stage 1 test is the second part of the training process, the first part being a general obedience test to ensure Sniff and Matt will work together and Sniff will follow commands. Additionally, they must undertake a stock test to ensure that Sniff will work safety in and around livestock.

The next parts of the journey are the hard bits with Matt and Sniff learning how to work together as a team over longer periods over and in a variety of terrain. They will also learn how different weather conditions and particularly wind conditions can effect how they search and over what distances Sniff can detect the scent of a casualty.

This all culminates in a weekend of final assessments where they will be expected to search a number of areas and locate anybody that has been hidden away.

Good luck Sniff 👍⛑️🐾

For further information about how searchdogs are trained and for information about becoming a ‘dogsbody’, take a look at www.mountainrescuesearchdogsengland.org.uk

Address

Edale Mountain Rescue Team Headquarters, Hope Valley Cement Works
Hope
S336RP

Website

http://www.edalemountainrescue.co.uk/

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