A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who was lost, cold and wet, having split from the rest of her group in misty conditions. The Team Leader spoke to the walker and located her exact position via PhoneFind. This put her close to the head of Piers Read more
Another call was received from Cumbria Police in the early hours of Sunday. One member of a party attempting the three peaks had become separated and was now overdue. The rest of the group had turned around due to poor weather, but this walker wanted to continue alone. As time Read more
A call was taken yesterday evening from Cumbria Police. A passing walker had encountered a group of 8 walkers who were lost after summiting Scafell Pike. One had a leg injury and was walking slowly. The passing walker was heading for Seathwaite but the large group was trying to get Read more
An overnight alert that was dealt with through technology, assistance from others and mobile phones. The Team Leader was alerted by Cumbria Police about a group of walkers who set off at 6pm and then were benighted and lost after summiting. With temperatures around 4C, they were becoming very cold Read more
A short alert was quickly resolved after a call was received from Cumbria Police. Two walkers had become separated from the rest of their walking party and could not be contacted. They were concerned that they were now lost. However, a PhoneFind was able to confirm their location and then Read more
A call was received on Friday evening; two walkers were reporting themselves lost in the mist on their descent from Scafell Pike. The grid reference from the police call put them on Esk Pike. This is in Langdale Ambleside’s area, so a quick handover with them was made and they Read more
A late night call from Cumbria Police about an inexperienced walker who had become separated from his group. He had mis-navigated and ended up on some steep ground below the Corridor Route. After some difficulties in making contact directly, an accurate location was determined. As the walker was uninjured, a Read more
A call was received on Monday evening regarding two walkers who had taken a wrong turn on their descent from Scafell Pike heading for Brackenclose. Recognising some dangerous ground near to Piers Gill and unsure of their location they wisely called for help. An accurate Phonefind put them near Lingmell Read more
The team was called by Cumbria Police about a lone walker who had reached the summit of Scafell Pike but had become disoriented in the mist. With wind chill high on the tops, conditions were poor. The walker was cold and wet and was unable to navigate down. The Team Read more
A short alert for the Team Leader when Cumbria Police was called about three walkers who had asked for help high on Scafell Pike. A poor signal meant the information received was patchy. It appeared that they may have been caught in a wintry shower or that winter conditions underfoot Read more
A straightforward callout was swiftly resolved after two walkers had separated in a walk in Miterdale forest. One had become lost and needed some help to return to her vehicle as darkness was starting to fall. Two local team members volunteered to attend and were able to quickly locate the Read more
A full callout was initiated on Thursday after a call from Cumbria Police. Two walkers had been ascending Scafell Pike and separated at Lingmell Col when one wanted to make the summit and the other stayed behind. Visibility was poor with mist and rain and with darkness setting in, both Read more
As callout 12 was in progress another 999 call was received requesting help. Two walkers had become separated from the rest of their group and mis-navigated in misty conditions. PhoneFind established that they were near Pen off the Eskdale side of Scafell Pike summit. They were concerned for their safety Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a party of three walkers who were lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader was able to gain an accurate location via Phonefind, which was in Upper Eskdale, this was significantly off course for their intended destination of Wasdale. One of the Read more
A short alert when a group of seven walkers were reporting themselves lost after aborting an ascent of Scafell Pike due to the winter conditions. However, as the Team Leader was gathering information it was confirmed that the group had fortunately met up with other walkers who were able to Read more
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 Read more
A call was received on Saturday evening about two walkers who had mis-navigated away from the Corridor Route aiming for Borrowdale and were concerned for their safety. A location was obtained from the initial police call. The Team Leader was able to contact the walkers and ensure that they were Read more
An alert was received this morning from Cumbria Police about a party of five walkers who were reporting themselves close to hypothermia. The information came via an iPhone emergency satellite message so further information was initially quite limited. Helpfully an exact location was obtained, although this was in a remote Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had become disoriented in misty conditions on his descent from Scafell Pike. The Team Leader managed to establish an exact location via Phonefind and was able to confirm that he was now on the correct path. After a brief Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police about two walkers who had become disoriented on their descent, turning towards Piers Gill rather than Wasdale at Lingmell Col. The Team Leader managed to establish their exact location via Phonefind directed them to the correct path. Regular updates from Phonefind made this Read more