Incidents

Kirkfell – Sat 31st May 2025

A call was received from Cumbria Police when a walker was reported significantly overdue. He was planning to visit the waterfalls at Ill Gill on Kirk Fell but had not returned to Wasdale Head when expected. A full callout was made to have sufficient resources to search and rescue from Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 weeksTue 3rd Jun 2025 ago

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…

By John Bamforth, 2 weeks ago

Sty Head – Sat 31st May 2025

The Team Leader was called yesterday by Keswick MRT for some help as they were handling multiple callouts and were slightly short on numbers for stretcher carry from Sty Head. A party of five volunteered to help and were heading down the valley when a further call confirmed that they Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 weeks ago

Cam Spout, Scafell – Fri 30th May 2025

A call was received yesterday evening from Cumbria Police. A young walker had separated from his family group in misty conditions shortly after beginning their descent from Scafell Pike summit. He had not been located after two and half hours, and there was growing concern for his safety. The Team Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 weeksTue 3rd Jun 2025 ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Mon 26th May 2025

The team was called by Cumbria Police on Monday evening about two walkers who were overdue from a walk up Scafell Pike. The Team Leader attempted to make contact but this was not possible despite repeated attempts. A full team callout was made when their friends received a call saying Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 weeksTue 3rd Jun 2025 ago

Little Hell Gate, Great Gable – Sun 25th May 2025

Two walkers had called Cumbria Police to ask for assistance. They appeared to be on the traverse path at Little Hell Gate and had become afraid for their safety. It was also wet and windy and they were not well equipped for these conditions, so they were becoming very cold. Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 weeksTue 3rd Jun 2025 ago

St Bees Head – Sun 25th May 2025

A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had fallen, hurt his ankle and was unable to bear weight. It was difficult initially to determine the exact location. As such, a full callout was made to either support the coastguard team if required, or if the location Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 weeksTue 3rd Jun 2025 ago

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…

By John Bamforth, 3 weeks ago

Wastwater Screes – Thu 22nd May 2025

A call was received from Cumbria Police when two walkers on Yewbarrow heard a scream from the opposite side of the lake, and they were concerned that someone was in trouble. The Team Leader contacted the walkers and also made further enquiries locally. Nothing further to indicate a problem emerged, Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 weeks ago

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.

By John Bamforth, 3 weeks ago

Sty Head – Sun 18th May 2025

A tragic callout was initiated on Sunday, when North West Ambulance Service tasked the team. A lone walker had been found by other walkers near to Sty Head; he had collapsed and was not responding. A full callout was made and helimed support quickly requested, with some team members already Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 weeks ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sat 17th May 2025

The third and last call of the day arrived as team members had just returned to base. A walker had fallen after losing consciousness and hit their head. Team members returned to the vehicles and headed back to Brackenclose. Once on scene a medical assessment was made. The walker had Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 weeks ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sat 17th May 2025

The second call of the day came 4 minutes after the first, about 50m away. A walker had slipped and hit his head on a rock, suffering a deep cut. When the team arrived some good work from passing walkers had dressed the wound; a doctor was also in attendance. Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 weeks ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sat 17th May 2025

The team was called three times on Saturday afternoon. In the first, a walker was reported to be unable to weight bear with a leg injury, having fallen three times. Once on scene, an assessment was made, with the situation having improved somewhat. Severe cramping in both legs was becoming Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 weeks ago

Broad Crag Col, Scafell Pike – Fri 16th May 2025

A very busy weekend kicked off on Friday evening when a call was taken about a walker who had injured his ankle and could not weight bear. The location was confirmed to be high up on Broad Crag Col. With this location being very challenging for a stretcher carry, Coastguard Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 weeks ago

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…

By John Bamforth, 3 weeks ago

Broad Stand, Scafell – Wed 7th May 2025

A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker reporting himself stuck on a crag between Sca Fell and Scafell Pike. Having established this was likely to be on Broad Stand a full callout was made. A long walk up to the summit of Sca Fell was made and Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 weeks ago

Wastwater Screes – Sun 4th May 2025

The team was notified by Cumbria Police when a caller reported that a head torch had not moved for some time on the Screes. They were concerned for the person’s safety. The Team Leader asked a team member who lived in the valley to investigate. Happily by the time they Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 weeksTue 27th May 2025 ago

Lingmell Gill Path, Scafell Pike – Sat 3rd May 2025

The team was called when a lone walker had fainted and was then having difficulty breathing and shivering. A very kind passer-by had stopped to help and called it in. Once the team was on scene an assessment was made. She was transferred to the team stretcher and then a Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 weeksTue 27th May 2025 ago

Great Gable – Wed 23rd Apr 2025

A bit of a catch up on call-outs coming, after a reasonably quiet period came to an abrupt end with a flurry of call-outs recently. This was an alert from Cockermouth MRT when a walker intending to summit Red Pike (Wasdale) was reported overdue. A team member checked out Overbeck Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 weeks ago

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