Volunteers
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 2027 event will be held on the 11th September 2027. To see what to expect download the 2026 event briefing pack here. Entries for the 2027 event should go live on SiEntries on
14th April 2027.
Latest Incidents
Incident 120 - Saturday 17th October 2026 16:57.
AS team members were at base replenishing kit from the sudden flurry of incidents, a further request for our assitance, this time in Jarvis Clough to a walker with a knee injury.
Team members were able to drive up the moorland track to quite near to the walker, and abled us to provide medical care very quickly.
The walker was stretchered to the vehicle and driven back down to the road head for transfer to the ambulance service.
Incident 117 - Saturday 17th October 2026 11:46hrs.
The team were called to a boulderer who'd taken an unfortunate fall near Stanage Plantation injuring their leg.
They'd made a valiant effort to get down by themselves but found it too painful and the team were happy to stretcher them down to the car park and ambulance.
Incident 119 - Saturday 17th October 14:46hrs.
As incident 119 was beginning to unfold, a second call came in foe a fallen climber, this time at Birchens Edge, near Baslow.
A climber had taken a 6 m fall and was reported as a back injury with possible bleeding.
Some team members and a vehicle were diverted from the Burbage incident and a further call to the team for reinforcements was made.
As team members arrived on scene they were greeted by an off duty Emergency Medicine doctor who handed over their assessment. After a primary survey, the team administered strong analgesia before packaging the climber onto our stretcher for the journey to the Robin Hood car park to be handed over to the ambulance crew and conveyance to hospital for further treatment.
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