Esk Hause – Sat 21st Jun 2025

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…

Haystacks – Wed 11th Jun 2025

A short alert after a call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had sustained a head injury. The location was given as Haystacks. The informant was not able to be immediately contacted, and as Haystacks is not in our response area, a call was made to Cockermouth Read more…

Scafell Pike – Sat 31st May 2025

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…

Esk Pike – Fri 23rd May 2025

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…

Scafell Pike – Tue 20th May 2025

A very swift resolution to two walkers being reported overdue after they had become separated from the rest of their walking group. However, very quickly they were in contact to say they had arrived at their intended destination, so no further action was needed.

Black Sail – Wed 7th May 2025

As incident 44 was ongoing on Broad Stand, a further call was received from Cumbria Police. A walker had fallen and injured his ankle. The location was near Looking Stead, and on confirming an accurate location, it was established that it was in Cockermouth MRT’s area. A quick handover was Read more…

Great Gable – Sun 20th Apr 2025

Three separate calls were made to Cumbria Police yesterday after hearing shouts in the White Napes area of Great Gable. However, after assessing all of the information and consulting with the informants and Cumbria Police it was decided that there was insufficient evidence of an ongoing need for MR assistance. Read more…

Pillar – Fri 4th Apr 2025

A call from Cumbria Police was received regarding an overdue walker from a walk up Pillar. The walker was last known to be at the summit, and had not returned to his vehicle when expected. Due to the possibility of a descent into Ennerdale, Cockermouth MRT were alerted, however shortly Read more…