Edale Mountain Rescue Team | Emergency Hillside Rescue Peak District

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Volunteers

4379

Rescues

since 1956

We are one of the

busiest teams

Across the country.

Edale Mountain Rescue Team (EMRT) operates in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire and is one of the busiest Mountain Rescue teams in the country. 2024 was the busiest year in the history of Edale Mountain Rescue. Team members were involved in 180 reported incidents throughout our operational area, which covers parts of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. The map shows the rescues for this year. Click on the pins for more detail.

We are a registered charity, number 1138626.

If You Require Assistance From Mountain Rescue

Dial 999

Ask For Police & Mountain Rescue

Give the exact location, nature of injuries, number of casualties and phone number

Stay near your telephone and stay put until told otherwise

We rely on the

generosity of

the public

Edale MRT runs entirely from charitable donations, and it is the generosity of the general public that allows us to continue the important work we do. It costs around £100,000 per year to keep the team operational.

Join our nine edges challenge

Have fun whilst raising funds for Edale Mountain Rescue

Nine Edges

Is a 20 mile off road route with about 900 metres of height gain traversing the high moorland and gritstone edges from Fairholmes to the Robin Hood PH near Birchen Edge. You can choose to run, walk or climb.

The route and checkpoints can be found on Google Maps here

The 2026 event will be held on the 12th September 2026. To see what to expect download the 2025 event briefing pack here. Entries for the 2026 event should go live on SiEntries on 14th April 2026

Latest Incidents

Heatherdene

Incident 35 - Wednesday 1st April 2026

A walker took a slip while trying to gain a better vantage point to enjoy the view of the Ladybower area.

On arrival at the casualty scene, the walker was complaining of a painful back injury. After a primary survey the casualty was administered strong analgesia before being placed into our vacuum mattress for the journey on the stretcher to the awaiting ambulance crew and further investigation at Sheffield Northern General Hospital.

Thank you to our colleagues over at Glossop Mountain Rescue Team for assisting us with the incident due to low numbers.

Lady Cannings

Incident 34 - Tuesday31st March 2026 11:11hrs

Two friends enjoying the early Spring air in Lady Cannings Plantation, had their day interrupted when one of them took a tumble, sustaining a painful hip injury rendering them unable to walk.

Team members once on scene treated the walker for the pain, before packaging them onto the team stretcher for the journey to the ambulance.

The patient was transferred to hospital for further treatment by the ambulance crew.

Rivelin Edge

Incident 33 - Thursday 26th March 2026, 13:57hrs

The team were called to assist a climber that had fallen sustaining a leg injury on Rivelin edge. The climber had done everything right - he called 999 and asked for POLICE - MOUNTAIN RESCUE ensuring he got the team responding rapidly and to the correct location. Local team members were quickly on scene and assessed the climber. His injured leg was splinted and he was carried down to the waiting ambulance for transport to hospital. It was a rare treat to be at Rivelin and not neck deep in bracken and being eaten alive by midges! give it a couple of weeks.....