We were called by Police about a walker who was reported to have fallen somewhere in the Napes Needle area on Great Gable, injured his wrist and also had a period of unconsciousness. Given the location and reported injuries an RAF Sea King helicopter was requested. The team and helicopter Read more
The team was called out to an 11 year old boy took a fall and pulled a rock on top of his leg. He was treated by the team and carried on a stretcher from Scafell Pike back to Wasdale. The team then transported him and his mum to West Read more
We were called by Police about a walker who had sustained head and leg injuries whilst descending from Great Gable summit. GNAA attended and were able to evacuate the casualty who had relatively minor injuries before we got on scene. 15 team members involved, incident closed 15:00.
We were called by Police about a walker who had a lower leg injury sustained whilst descending from Scafell Pike towards Lingmell Col. The Great North air ambulance arrived first and provided medical treatment for the injured man before helping to ferry team members up to the scene to assist Read more
The team was called out with Keswick and Langdale Ambleside to search for a pair of missing young people on Scafell Pike. Thankfully as we were mobilising they turned up.
We were called by the Police for a female walker who had slipped on the Brown Tongue path and sustained a fracture to the lower leg. She was treated on scene by the Team Doctor, including reduction of the fracture then carried by stretcher down to Brackenclose. Incident closed 19:00, Read more
The team was called out to search for a missing walker who had failed to return from a walk up Scafell Pike. Along with other mountain rescue teams we searched all the routes up Scafell Pike overnight without success. A more detailed search started in the morning and sadly a Read more
The team was contacted about two overdue walkers on Scafell Pike. A small group left our training session to check car parks for the missing pair’s motorbikes. Staff at the Wasdale Head Inn reported that they had seen two men who fitted the description earlier in the evening and so Read more
The team was called to an incident in Parton. We were stood down whilst enroute.
Whilst dealing with the Mitredale incident we were contacted by Cumbria Police about a pair of walkers lost descending Scafell Pike. We were unable to contact the pair to gather any further information and so an extensive search was started including routes onto Scafell Pike from both Wasdale and Eskdale. Read more
NWAS asked the team was asked to attend a casualty with chest pains in Mitredale. The casualty was attended to by team doctors and the air ambulance, the rest of the team was stood down whilst travelling to the incident.
The team was called out to assist in the search for a missing man in the Ravenglass area as part of a multi-agency response. Unfortunately by the time we had covered our search areas the man had not been found.
The team was called out to assist a group of 15 who had descended Scafell Pike into Eskdale. The group was located near Burnmoor Tarn after a detailed search on the Eskdale side of Scafell and walked down to Wasdale Head. 27 Team members involved.
The team was called out to help a group of lost walkers on Scafell Pike. A limited callout was made and whilst we were searching the casualties managed to find their own way off the mountain, evading the searchers!
The team’s swiftwater rescue technicians were called out to an incident in Egremont. We were stood down whilst en-route.
The team was called due to a pair of walkers overdue on Scafell Pike. After is was ascertained that they were still on the fell, the team searched Scafell Pike, in ‘damp’ conditions, from both Wasdale and Eskdale. The missing pair were found unhurt by a member of Duddon and Read more
The team was called out to help a male who had fallen on Great Gable and sustained an incapacitating knee injury. We had great assistance from the Great North Air Ambulance who flew us to the scene (thanks for the lift). We were also assisted by RAF Boulmer who winched Read more
Wasdale team was called out at 10:50pm for a large search of both the Wasdale and Eskdale valleys lasting 18 hours. Colleagues from Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team, Coniston Mountain Rescue Team, Kendal Mountain Rescue Team, Cockermouth Mountain Rescue team, Keswick Mountain Rescue team, Penrith Mountain Rescue Team, Kirkby Read more
The team was called out to rescue a pair of walkers who had become benighted on the summit plateau of Scafell Pike. They were found not too far from the summit itself and were warmed up before being walked down to Wasdale Head.
The team was called to assist a pair of walkers stuck on Lords Rake on steep snow. Since many team members were about to leave for training in Scotland, Duddon and Furness MRT were called in to run the incident with the assistance of Wasdale team members. One team member Read more