A walker on the way up the walking route to Helvellyn from Swirls car park called 999 after coming across an unresponsive man close to the footpath.

Man dies near Lake District footpath

It is thought the woman fell around 10m down a rocky chute while trying to negotiate a section of Helvellyn's Striding Edge.

Helvellyn walker seriously injured in Striding Edge fall

Photos show someone has sprayed graffiti onto rocks on Helvellyn.

A couple had been heading up the mountain on their Christmas Day walk when one of them slipped and fractured their ankle on the path near Comb Gill.

The mountain avens is classed as "vulnerable" to extinction in England and endangered in Wales, but is found more widely in the Scottish Highlands.

Keswick Mountain Rescue were called to help a group from East Anglia who had run into difficulty on Helvellyn. 

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team received five call outs on Helvellyn over the Bank Holiday Weekend.

A female walker has been rescued from Striding Edge today after she suffered multiple injuries from a 30 foot fall.

The family of a man who died on Helvellyn last year are trying to make contact with people who attempted to save him.

The rescue involved an RAF helicopter and 11 mountain rescue team members.