Cumbria Police received a call regarding a large dog who had cut his paw and was unable to descend Scafell Pike. The MRT Team Leader spoke with the owner, who had bandaged the paw and done a very good job getting the dog down as far as he had, but Read more
Cumbria Police received a call from a couple walking the Wastwater Screes with their two Bernese Mountain Dogs — Hugo and Elsie — who had reached a section of the boulder field where the dogs decided it was time to paws and reflect, firmly concluding they were not going any Read more
Cumbria Police requested team assistance after a 30kg dog refused to move on the Wastwater Screes. The Team Leader deployed a boat team and they successfully rescued the dog along with two walkers. All were safely returned to the landing area and continued their walk back to their campsite.
A call was received from Cumbria Police last night about a lone walker who was exhausted and starting to fall around on steep ground, about half way down from Scafell summit. He had been carrying his 35 kg Husky, Prince, since the summit of Slight Side after a long day Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police; two dogs had become exhausted and were ‘staying put’ after a long day out ascending Scafell Pike the long way around from Wrynose Pass. The call had initially gone to Penrith MRT in error but then re-routed quickly. The group of three walkers Read more
The team was called by Cumbria Police about a party of three walkers and their dog. They had become benighted after a very long day out and were unable and ill-equipped to navigate themselves down to safety. Their dog was also struggling. The Team Leader discussed the situation with one Read more
A call was taken from Cumbria Police about two uninjured walkers on the Screes whose dog was refusing to walk further. The team was called out with the intention of deploying the boat, however news was received relatively quickly that members of the public had helped out and were transferring Read more
We have a tail to tell with our latest callout. Cumbria Police alerted us to a report from a concerned family member. A group of two male walkers, plus a dog (Dexter) had failed to make contact from an intended walk up Scafell Pike and were overdue. Due to the Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police regarding two walkers. They had two dogs but one of them was spooked and refused to move any further on a boulder field. The terrain makes it extremely difficult to make safe progress in this situation so the team were called out. The Read more
On Saturday afternoon, whilst incident #51 and 52 were still ongoing, we got a call from Cumbria Police about the now famous Akita dog, Rocky. On checking the grid reference it was out of our patch and so was transferred to Keswick MRT. They duly took the job on and Read more
In another Screes callout we were alerted by Cumbria Police to help an injured dog who was unable to carry on. The boat team responded again and was able to relocate the dog and their owners to much friendlier ground on the opposite side of the lake.
The team were alerted to help two walkers and their dog who were attempting to cross the Screes by the lakeshore of Wast Water. At the start of the last boulder field their dog became unwell and refused to move further. We were able to help by sending some team Read more
We were alerted by Cumbria police following reports of a dog barking and whining for some time. We decided to investigate because, as well as a dog possibly in distress, there may have been someone injured nearby. A few team members attended and met a member of the public who Read more
At Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team we recognise that our mission “To save life and alleviate distress†extends further than just the visitors and the local community who visit or live within our area of responsibility. Having team members with their own pampered pooches at home and also our very own Read more
Team called by Police this evening to help rescue a dog with sore paws from Scafell Pike. The owners managed to get it almost to the stream crossing on Brown Tongue after bandaging up the paws then team members carried it the rest of the way in a large rucksack.
We were made aware of an injured dog that had been found by a member of the public near to the Mickledore stretcher box. A team member who was on the fell was soon on scene and a small team was dispatched to bring the dog down. Fortunately it was Read more
The team was called out to attend an injured Labrador on the Wastwater Screes Path. The team mobilised the boat. Before it was launched the dog’s owner managed to carry the dog to the pump house from where a team member gave them a lift. This is the third incident Read more
The team was contacted by the police to assist a pair of walkers who were stuck at the boulder field on the Wast Water Screes path. A limited callout was made and team members  walked to their location from the south-western end of the lake. The walkers had a large Read more
The team were contacted by the Wasdale Head Inn about a dog missing in the Hollowstones Area. The dog’s owner and staff from the Wasdale Head Inn had conducted a four hour search the previous day without success. One team member went to assist in the search and the dog Read more
The team were called to assist with an injured dog in the boulder field on the Screes Path. The boat was launched whilst another party travelled on foot from the Pump House. The injured dog was wrapped in a vacuum mattress and then the two dogs, and their owner were Read more