The Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance was unable to land in deep snow. Photo: Glossop MRT

An air ambulance called to pick up an injured walker on a Peak District moor had to abort its landing because of deep snow on the ground.

An RAF Sea King search and rescue helicopter was the requested by mountain rescue teams at the scene on Ronksley Moor above the Derwent Valley, which was able to land and airlift the 24-year-old woman to hospital.

Glossop Mountain Rescue Team was called out on Sunday about 10.50am after the woman injured her leg while walking on the moor, east of Bleaklow, and was joined by members of Edale Mountain Rescue Team at the site. She was treated at the scene and flown to Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, for further treatment.

The rescue lasted 5¾ hours.

Members from Glossop and Edale teams carry the walker to the RAF Sea King. Photo: Glossop MRT

The Glossop team had been called out the previous day when a man and woman from Nottingham got lost on Bleaklow, the national park’s second-highest hill.

Team members quickly found the pair after being alerted at 3.10pm and were treated at the scene for effects of the cold at the trig pillar at Higher Shelf Stones. They were then able to walk off with rescuers to the Snake Summit and were then taken to Glossop police station for a debrief.

The rescue took two hours.