Scafell Pike – Fri 10th Mar 2017
The team was contacted by a pair of walkers lost on Scafell Pike. With some difficulty, they were contacted by mobile phone and followed another group down to Brackenclose.
The team was contacted by a pair of walkers lost on Scafell Pike. With some difficulty, they were contacted by mobile phone and followed another group down to Brackenclose.
Police contacted the team after being alerted by the family of walkers who were overdue after a day on Scafell Pike. SMS sent to overdue persons mobile requesting they contact the team leader when message received. As the TL was gathering details from the informant and about to request a Read more
We were called by Police about 2 walkers who had become lost whilst descending Scafell. While the team leader was discussing options with then they saw walkers ahead so headed after them.
We were called by Police about a group of walkers who had become stuck / unsure of their position. It was originally thought they were on Scafell Pike but this was later changed to Pillar when more information became available. With this news the incident was passed to our colleagues Read more
We were called by Police about 2 walkers who had become disorientated whilst descending Scafell Pike. The team leader provided directions over the phone and they made there own way off the hill.
We were called by Police about a group of 10 reporting themselves stuck on scree whilst descending Great Gable. By the time the team leader phoned them back they had retraced their steps to the top and were making their own way off the mountain.
We were called by Police about 2 walkers reporting themselves lost on Scafell Pike. The team leader provided some advice over the phone and they made their own way off the fell.
We were called by Police about a group of 13 people reported overdue from a walk in Eskdale. It turned out they were just taking their time to get off the mountain and they made their own way down without team assistance.
We were called by Police about a group of walkers reporting themselves lost somewhere on Scafell Pike. The team leader provided some directions over the phone and recommended they join up with other groups visible on the mountain at the time. They duely joined up with another group but later Read more
We were called by Police about a walker who was unsure of his position whilst on Scafell Pike. He was given directions over the phone by the team leader and made his own way off the mountain.
Team called by Police about a group of walkers reporting themselves to be unsure of their position whilst on the corridor route, trying to get back to Seathwaite. Team leader provided directions over the phone and they made their own way off the mountain unaided.
We were called by Police about 2 walkers who had become separated whilst walking on Scafell Pike. They were later re-united back at their car without the team needing to get involved.
We were called by Police about a party that had split up an become separated on Scafell Pike. One of the party had no mobile so could not be contacted. The missing person then met up with other walkers near the summit who walked her down to Wasdale. It is Read more
We were called by Police about a different party of 11 also on a 3 peaks attempt on Scafell Pike also reported overdue. They also made their own way off the mountain.
We were called by Police about a party of 4 reported overdue from a 3 peaks attempt on Scafell Pike. They later made their own way off the mountain without assistance.
We were called by Police about reports of flashing lights, potentially in the Green How area of Scafell that were visible from the campsite. A team member went to investigate and could not see the lights and later on nor could the original informants. Incident stood down as a false Read more
Team called by Police about 2 runners on a 3 peaks attempt reported overdue back Wasdale Head. The team leader gave them longer to turn up and around 03:00 they made their own way out to Eskdale, safe & well.
We were called by Police about 2 walkers reporting themselves lost on Scafell Pike. They phoned in soon after to say they’d met other walkers who were now helping them off the mountain and no longer needed MR assistance.
We were called by Police about a family group who were lost and their small children were struggling. Shortly after phoning in they called back to say they’d now found a path and no longer needed assistance.
We were called by Police about a group of walkers struggling to make their way off Scafell Pike due to some mobility problems. Whilst we were gathering details they managed to make their own way off the hill and did not need any further assistance.