Incidents – Wasdale Mountain Rescue

Beck Head, Great Gable – Sat 26th Nov 2016

We were called by Police about a walker who had tumbled around 100m after slipping on hard snow whilst walking between Beck Head and Gavel Neese on Great Gable. Team members, helped by paramedics from GNAA H63 and Buxton Mountain Rescue Team who happened to be in the area assessed Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 7 yearsSun 27th Nov 2016 ago

Broad Stand, Scafell – Tue 15th Nov 2016

We were called by Police about 2 walker who’d become stuck in the steep ground between Broad Stand and Mickledore Chimney on Scafell. It was hard to access the pair due to the thick mist on Scafell which was making visibility via torchlight difficult and the rocks very greasy. In Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 7 yearsThu 17th Nov 2016 ago

Greathall Gill, Wasdale – Sat 12th Nov 2016

We were called by Police about 2 walkers who become lost / stuck near the top of Greathall Gill whilst trying to descend Winn Rigg. After talking to the pair the Team Leader determined they were near the head of the gill on the col. A small group then went Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 7 years ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 5th Nov 2016

The team was called out with Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team, Keswick Mountain Rescue Team and Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team to search for five missing members of a very large group on Scafell Pike. They were found just before midnight by Keswick team members near the footbridge below Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 7 years ago

November 2016

Details of Incidents Attended by WMRT

Beck Head, Great Gable – Sat 26th Nov 2016

Broad Stand, Scafell – Tue 15th Nov 2016

Greathall Gill, Wasdale – Sat 12th Nov 2016

Scafell Pike – Sat 5th Nov 2016