The pilot had fallen 100ft (30m) from the summit of Harrison Stickle around midday on Sunday, Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team said.
The casualty, who suffered ankle and shoulder injuries, was lowered to safety using ropes.
With cloudy weather hampering visibility, it had not been possible to use a helicopter to reach them.
More than 20 rescuers toiled for a total of seven hours to complete the recovery, which the team described as an “incredible effort”.
Emergency services were called to the incident at Colt Park Wood, near Ribble head, where the man had landed a motorized paraglider.
The paraglider, from Lancaster, did not appear to have crashed but died at the scene, police said.
His death was currently being treated as “unexplained” but was not thought to be suspicious.
North Yorkshire Police has appealed for information on the incident, which happened at around 13:45 BST on 20 April.
The man’s family have been informed of his death and rescuers extended their thoughts to his family, friends and the local paragliding community.
A man’s body has been recovered after a fatal paraglider crash in the Lake District.
The paraglider’s canopy was spotted in a stream near Buttermere, Cumbria.
Keswick Mountain Rescue volunteers were called at 09:10 BST on Sunday but the man was declared dead at the scene.
The mountain rescue team said it carried out a “complex recovery operation” to retrieve the man’s body.
The paraglider had launched from the summit of Robinson – a fell that lies between Buttermere and Newlands Valley.
Members of the mountain rescue team from Keswick, Cockermouth and Wasdale joined the rescue operation.
“Our deepest thoughts and sympathies are with the man’s family and friends,” a Keswick Mountain Rescue spokesman said.
A four-hour rescue operation was carried out in an attempt to save the pilot.
He was later named as Malc Grout, a well-known figure in the area’s paragliding community.
In April 2023, another paraglider was rescued after falling 100ft (30m) from the summit of Harrison Stickle.
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