The team leader was alerted by Cumbria Police after a walker reported themselves lost. Using PhoneFind they were able to confirm the walkers location and gave directions. Once they found the stretcher box and the footpath they descended down the hill with a couple of PhoneFind checks to confirm they Read more…
Three walkers reported themselves to Cumbria Police as being lost in poor visibility whilst descending off Scafell. By using the PhoneFind function, the Team Leader was able to locate them quickly. Two team members who were on the hill already were able to intercept them on their way back and Read more…
A walker had reported to Cumbria Police that he had split up from his 2 friends after descending from the summit of Scafell Pike. The informant had reached the valley floor first and after a time become concerned for the others safety. In response to this report a team member Read more…
The team was alerted by Cumbria Police this morning for a gentleman and his teenage son who had became lost whilst descending from the summit of Scafell Pike. The pair had become disorientated due to the reduced visibility and the windy conditions and strayed from their desired route. When the Read more…
The team were called by Cumbria police after a member of the public hear shouts for help. The lost individual subsequently was picked up by another walker and also met up with the informant. The team remained on standby until the party was off the hill.
The team was alerted after 2 walkers had failed to return to their accommodation, this was quickly determined to be the same 2 rescued the previous night by Cockermouth.
Team called this afternoon by Police about a group of 3 walkers reporting themselves lost whilst trying to descend Scafell Pike. With the location information from the 999 call their position was determined to be on the ridge descending towards Broad Crag Col. The Team Leader provided directions over the Read more…
We were called by Police about a walker who was reported to have become detached from his group. With relatively few details to go on we gave the incident more time to develop and an hour later were called back to say the missing walker was now reunited with his Read more…
We were called by Police about a walker reported overdue from a trip up Scafell Pike after they became separated from their companion earlier in the afternoon. Team members checked pubs and spoke with the informant but later on the missing person turned up safe and well at the Wasdale Read more…
We were called by Police about 2 walkers reported overdue from a trip up Scafell Pike. Whilst we were gathering details they phoned in to say they were safe & well and off the mountain and we stood down.
We were called by Police about reports of a walker struggling and exhausted. As we started to gather details we received further information to confirm the walker was now on the road and no longer needed assistance and we stood down.
We were called by Police about a walker reported overdue from a trip up Scafell Pike. As we were gathering details the missing walker turned up at Wasdale Head, safe and well and we stood down.
We were called by Police about 2 walkers reported overdue from a trip up Scafell Pike. As we were gathering details we got a call to say they were down, safe & well and we stood down.
As we were dealing with the incident in Hollowstones an alert came in from CUMPOL regarding 2 overdue “3 Peaks†walkers, missing from a party of 11. With hundreds of “3 Peaks†parties on the hill to potentially meet up with, we restricted our response to information gathering and continued Read more…
We were called by Police about a party of 2 who’d split up with one continuing to the top of a fell (believed to be Great Gable) and the other waiting. For some reason they did not re unite on the fell and one of the walkers reported their companion Read more…
We were called by Police about 2 walkers reporting having problems finding the route down off Scafell summit. Their position was determined using PhoneFind. A team member was already on the fell on Scafell Pike summit and went across to Scafell where they found the 2 walkers then assisted them Read more…
We were called by Police about a group of 5 walkers who were reported overdue from a trip up Scafell Pike. They were given more time to make their way off which they managed to do and we stood down.
We were contacted by Cumbria Police after 2 walkers were reported overdue. As the team leader was trying to make contact with the missing people, the informant contacted the police to say the overdue walkers has reported in to say they were safe and well having spent the night on Read more…
We were called by Police about 2 walkers reported overdue from a trip up Scafell Pike. Whilst we were gathering details we got a phone call to say they were down, safe & well in the Woolpack in Eskdale, so we stood down.
The team was called by Police in the early hours about a walker reported overdue from a trip up Scafell Pike. The Police made a number of further enquiries by phone and also sent a patrol up the valley to see if the missing person’s car could be found. In Read more…