A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital after suffering a hip injury.

Coniston Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 4.55pm on Saturday after a woman, descending Wetherlam’s north-east ridge, slipped on a sloping section of rock and hurt her hip.

A spokesman for CMRT said: "Cumbria Police asked us to assist, and we despatched three Land Rovers to Tilberthwaite, which is as close as we can get to Wetherlam on wheels.

"The walk up to the NE ridge takes time, and the lady was cold on our arrival. After assessment and pain relief, the nature of her hip injury and the distance to carry made a helicopter extraction the best course of action.

"HM Coastguard's Rescue 936 from Caernarfon arrived, and after a short carry down on our stretcher we were all ready to winch her when cloud enveloped the hill, and the helicopter crew asked us to continue descending. She was flown to Walney Island airfield for the short transfer to Furness General."