- Incident
- 8 in 2025
- Type
- Full Callout — Lost
- Location
- Rough Crag, Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Cold, Dry, Mist
- Other Agencies
- Cumbria Police
- Tagged
- Lost
After a quiet period of over three weeks without a callout, a call was received from Cumbria Police. Two walkers had mis-navigated off Scafell Pike summit plateau in misty conditions and ended up beneath Rough Crag.
In very cold conditions a full callout was made by the Team Leader, with several parties moving towards the walkers via different routes. Fortunately the walkers had been able to be guided down over the phone to Upper Eskdale, and the advance rescue team party met them walking out on the path. Both were safe and well and so all parties were stood down and walked back to the vehicles.
Incident started at 16:03 and ended at 21:04 making 5 hrs in total. There were 25 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 21800 06700. Total rescuer hours: 125
