- Incident
- 81 in 2026
- Type
- Alert — Overdue
- Location
- Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Cloudy Summits, Windy
- Other Agencies
- Cumbria Police
- Tagged
- iPhone Emergency SOS, Overdue
Cumbria Police received a call from a group reporting two overdue members, last seen at the summit of Scafell Pike. Attempts to contact the missing pair were unsuccessful due to lack of phone signal.
The iPhone Emergency SOS centre later made contact and provided a location for the two walkers in the Upper Esk. They also reported that they had met three other members of the public who were already helping them off the hill. The three members of the public escorted the pair safely down and dropped them at the Woolpack Inn, where they were able to organise onward transport.
No MRT deployment was required.
Incident started at 15:31 and ended at 17:46 making 2.3 hrs in total. There was 1 Wasdale team member involved and the incident occured at NY 22799 04101. Total rescuer hours: 2.3
