Three walkers reported themselves to Cumbria Police as being stuck on steep, loose scree, having missed the descent path of Great Gable. The team was able to locate the three and safely assist them off the difficult ground with the aid of ropes and then escorted them back to Wasdale.
The team was called by the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) to assist a cyclist who had sustained a shoulder injury after falling of their bike on a rough track. Based on the casualties’ location sometimes ambulance crews can find it both difficult in accessing the casualty site or safely Read more…
Team Members were called out by Cumbria Police in search of two lost persons who reported themselves to be lost in poor visibility and in the vicinity of Piers Gill, one of Wasdale’s main accident blackspots. Immediately recognising the potential consequences associated to the difficult ground with that area, the Read more…
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On Saturday afternoon the Team was asked by Cumbria Police to assist with a car stuck on Hardknott Pass due to ice. A small Team attended the incident and confirmed that the party were safe and well.
The Team assisted with an incident on Wasdale Screes.
The team was called at 17:47 hrs by Cumbria Police for a pair of walkers lost in the dark on Great Gable. Their position was established by phonefind to be at the bad step on the New Styhead Path. After a few words of advice from the team leader over Read more…
The team responded with a Limited Callout to reports of 3 walkers who had become lost after summiting Scafell Pike. They were located in the area of Upper Eskdale and walked back down to the roadside by Wasdale Team Members before being driven back round to Wasdale to their car.
The team responded with a Limited Callout to reports of three walkers who were unable to find the main path down off Scafell Pike. Weather conditions and visibility on the summit were challenging. The walkers were located sheltering on the summit by WMRT members and walked back down to Brackenclose Read more…
Team called by Police for two walkers who reported themselves disorientated within Mitredale Forest and in need of assistance. With position information from their phone it was determined they were on one of the forestry tracks near Great Bank and team vehicles were able to recover them back to the Read more…
The team was called to help a group of three walkers lost descending Scafell Pike. Their location was determined using PhoneFind as below Esk Hause in Upper Eskdale. A group of team members made their way to the casualties’ location via Sty Head and escorted them back to Wasdale Head.
Team called for 2 walkers who’d become stuck in the hill after dark. Their position was determined as being in the High Scarth Crag area of Scafell, below Slight Side using coordinates from their phone. A team then went on the fell to help escort them back to the valley. Read more…
We were called by Police about 2 walkers on the 3 peaks challenge who’d become stuck at the top of Scafell Pike and unable to make their way down. Initially it was difficult to contact the walkers but after a team member visited Brackenclose and met the rest of their Read more…
Team called by Police about a group of 3 walkers reporting themselves stuck whilst descending from Great Gable. With some help from PhoneFind their position was determined to be in the White Napes area. A small team then went on the fell to help escort them down.
We were called by Police about 2 walkers reporting themselves lost whilst descending from Scafell Pike. Using PhoneFind their position was determining as being on Lingmell Nose. They were given some directions over the phone by the Team Leader. However, after losing contact with the group for nearly two hours Read more…
Team called for four lost walkers. They had set off from Langdale to climb Crinkle Crags. Their only map blew away in hill fog leaving them with no means of navigating. Unfortunately, they descended in the wrong direction and ended up on the Eskdale side of the mountain and they Read more…
Whilst the Lingmell incident was ongoing we were called by Police about 2 further walkers reported crag fast on the ledge above Broad Stand. A mix of Wasdale and Duddon members went from Lingmell to Mickledore with further ropes and other equipment. The walkers were found on the ledge above Read more…
We were called by our colleagues in Cockermouth Team about 2 walkers reporting themselves stuck whilst trying to walk back from Ennerdale. Using PhoneFind it was determined that they were on Tongue How, which is just inside the Wasdale area. A small team went onto the fell to locate the Read more…
Soon after the previous incident closed we were called again by Police about 3 walkers reporting themselves lost whilst descending Scafell Pike. They had descended into Eskdale and then contoured round the side of Scafell to try to get back to Wasdale Head before becoming benighted near Oliver Gill. Their Read more…
We were called by our colleague from Cockermouth Team about 2 walkers who’d become lost whilst descending Great Gable. Using Sarloc The walkers location was determined to be on the Ennerdale Face of Great Gable near Beck Head. A small group of Wasdale Members who’d been supporting the Lingmell Dash Read more…