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…
We were called by Cumbria Police at 21:47 about a man in his mid-60s reported overdue by the hotel where he was staying. It was known he’d started at Seathwaite in Borrowdale but unclear exactly where he had gone but thought most likely to be Scafell Pike. This led to Read more…
A couple of walkers in their twenties reported themselves lost near the summit of Scafell Pike. They had separated from the person in their group who had the map and were unable to make their own way down. Their location was determined using Sarloc and Team members went to guide Read more…
A 24 yr old male set off from Coniston at 7am to climb Old Man of Coniston and got lost. He was located in upper Eskdale using phone technology. 6 members of WMRT plus 1 search dog were deployed to locate and assist him from the fell. The weather was Read more…
The team was called to assist a group lost descending Scafell Pike. The group included two vunerable members and so a full callout to search Scafell Pike was initiated and Keswick MRT were asked assist. Whilst deploying to the fell the group determined their location and the team was stood Read more…
Whilst the team leader was giving the first group of lost people time to turn up, a call came in for a second group of lost walkers on Scafell Pike. They were found low down near the foot of Piers Gill. The team then continued to search for the other Read more…
The team was contacted by a group containing two pairs of walkers who were lost not far from the summit of Scafell Pike, in very poor weather. An attempt was made to talk them off the hill, but phone reception was soon lost and when they had not turned up Read more…
The team was called out to search for a pair of teenagers who had failed to return from Scafell Pike. Whilst we were heading to the fell they turned up at Wha House Farm in Eskdale having descended into upper Eskdale by mistake.
The team was called out to search for a pair of lost walkers descending Scafell Pike. Mobile phone reception was not good enough to gather much information and a search of the mountain was mounted. The pair were found near Lingmell Gill walking towards Wasdale Head. We gave them a Read more…
At around 10.30 p.m. a ‘999’ call was received by Cumbria Police from a concerned Husband. His group of five had set off to climb Scafell Pike late Monday afternoon. When they arrived at the path junction in Hollowstones just after 5.00 p.m. that afternoon the father and two sons Read more…
The team was called out to search for two walkers who had failed to return from a walk on Scafell Pike. Along with team members from Keswick, Duddon and Furness, Langdale Ambleside and Lake District Mountain Rescue Searchdogs we searched a large part of the central fells. The casualties were Read more…
The team was called out just after midnight this morning following an emergency ‘999’ mobile phone call from three male walkers in their early 20’s.  Having left at 7.30 p.m. on Sunday evening with adequate equipment (map, compass, lights and torches) the group ascended the mountain via the Flass Knotts, Read more…
The team were called out to search for a pair of walkers who were lost on descent from Scafell Pike. They were very cold and wet and were not able to give the team much information to narrow down the search area. With the assistance of Duddon and Furness and Read more…
The team was called out to search for a female fellwalker who was overdue on a walk from Wasdale Head to Buttermere. She was expected in Buttermere at 7.30pm. Wasdale was requested to assist Cockermouth in a search from Scafell Pike to Great End, covering Esk Hause, the Band and Read more…
The team was called out to assist the Police with a search in the Kells area near Whitehaven for a missing male. Around 20 team members & 3 Search dogs attended along with the Coast Guard, St Bees lifeboat, Police & Police dogs unit. We stood down at around 2200. Read more…
The team was called out to assist Cockermouth MRT with a search for a missing fell runner in the Buttermere area.
Whilst rescuing the injured dog and its owner, the team were called out by the police to search for a 19 year old fell walker who had last been seen around Piers Gill at about 15:00. Descending from Scafell Pike he had become separated from his companion who had descended Read more…
Team called by police for three lost walkers on Scafell Pike. Conditions were poor with “white down” (mist) and they were afriad of getting lost, unable to make their way back to their car in Seathwaite. The call to the police from their mobile was cut short before all details could be collected. The Read more…
We were called out to look for two young men on the three peaks who became disoriented on the descent and found themselves in Eskdale. Realising they were in the wrong valley they climbed upwards to find a mobile signal, eventually getting to broken ground below Horn Crag / Slight Read more…
We were contacted by police regarding a party that had separated on Scafell Pike. A group of 4 including a dad and his teenage daughter were climbing Scafell Pike together. The daughter and her friend decided to wait at Hollowstones whilst dad went to the summit. Unfortunately he lost the Read more…