A walker was airlifted to hospital with a serious head injury following a 50ft fall down a rocky slope.
The woman, in her 50s, was put into an induced coma following the incident in the Borrowdale Valley.
It happened at about 3pm on Friday.
The Great North Air Ambulance Service was quickly on the scene.
The doctor-led aircrew treated her at the scene before she was flown to hospital in Preston.
They said she arrived in a stable condition.
During the rescue, GNAAS worked alongside Keswick Mountain Rescue Team and North West Ambulance Service.
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