The team lowers the man in darkness. Photo: Cockermouth MRT

More than 30 volunteer rescuers were involved in the night-time rescue of a walker who was trapped by a fallen rock on a Lake District fell.

The man was with three other walkers yesterday when the incident happened near the summit of Pillar, above Ennerdale.

Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 8.10pm on Thursday, after reports that the man had also broken his leg.

Team members found the walker near the summit of the 892m (2,927ft) mountain and treated him at the scene.

Rescuers move the injured man below the cloud level. Photo: Cockermouth MRT

A team spokesperson said: “He was lowered in the dark on a stretcher to a suitable landing site out of the cloud.

“Once below the cloud a Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer winched the casualty at 5am and he was flown to Carlisle hospital.”

The rescue involved 31 Cockermouth MRT members.