- Incident
- 69 in 2026
- Type
- Alert — Lost
- Location
- Broad Crag
- Weather
- Cloudy Summits, Rain, Windy
- Other Agencies
- Cumbria Police, Keswick MRT
- Tagged
- Lost
Cumbria Police received a call from a party of six walkers reporting themselves lost. The initial 999 call placed them on the Broad Crag footpath, but the call then dropped and further attempts to reconnect were unsuccessful.
The MRT Team Leader sent PhoneFind links, messages, and attempted repeated calls, but nothing was getting through. A very brief call was eventually made, during which the group stated they were now on the Corridor Route and had parked at Seathwaite.
With no further contact and the group appearing to be moving and not requesting additional assistance, the situation became difficult to assess and the search area remained large.
After discussion between Wasdale MRT, Cumbria Police, and the Keswick MRT Team Leader, the decision was made not to deploy immediately and to await further information. No additional calls were received, and the Team Leader later stood the team down.
Later on Police confirmed the group had made contact and they had got off the hill. and were safe and well.
Incident started at 15:53 and ended at 21:07 making 5.2 hrs in total. There was 1 Wasdale team member involved and the incident occured at NY 21869 07490. Total rescuer hours: 5
