The teenager was with a DofE group on Bleaklow

A teenager taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition was airlifted to hospital after falling on the Peak District’s second-highest hill.

The 17-year-old lost consciousness after a fall near John Track Well on the Pennine Way on Bleaklow on Saturday.

Glossop Mountain Rescue Team was called out about 1pm to the girl, who was with a group walking on the route above Torside.

Team spokesman Peter Jozefczyk said: “With the help of some passers-by the team was able to locate and treat the 17-year-old for suspected head and spinal injuries. She was taken by air ambulance to Sheffield Northern General Hospital.”

The rescue ended at 4.30pm.

The Glossop team had a number of callouts over the past few days.

Members were alerted at 9pm on Friday to a lost 13-year-old girl on the moors above Glossop on Friday night.

Mr Jozefczyk said: “It turned out that we were looking for a mother and son aged 32 and 13. The pair had set off earlier in the day from Meltham.

“We requested Oldham team and [Search and Rescue Dogs Association] dogs to be deployed too. As they were about to start in the search new information came into Glossop base and with the use of Sarloc technology they were pinpointed at Wain Stones on Bleaklow moor.

“A Glossop section that went in from Snake Summit was able to locate the pair quickly. They were treated at scene for cold, and after a warm drink they were able to walk back to Snake Summit and taken to back to Glossop MRT base for a debrief. The team was stood down around 1.15am.”

On Thursday evening the team was asked to help the ambulance service with a man at Werneth Low who had a suspected fracture to his ankle. The casualty was treated by Glossop Mountain Rescue members alongside North West Ambulance Service hazardous area response team.

The team’s spokesman said: “Just as we were about to return to base, the team was re-tasked to Romiley for what was reported as an unconscious 30-year-old mountain biker.

Due to nature of the man’s location we were able to drive our Land Rover quite close to the scene of the accident where a NWAS paramedic was already on site treating the casualty for suspected spinal injury.

“The team was able to put the casualty into a vacuum mattress and carried him by stretcher to a waiting air ambulance. He was eventually taken to nearby Wythenshawe hospital.”

The previous evening, the Glossop team was asked by Derbyshire police to help search for a missing person who was found before its members set off from base.