Incidents where the casualty is unable to move due to the terrain.
We were called by Police to help a couple who’d become stuck on a ledge between the main Scafell Pike descent path and Pikes crag due to difficult ground and hard snow and were unsure where to go next. The couple was located using their phone, then team members who Read more…
We were contacted by Police regarding a party of 4 men in their 20s who had become lost on the descent from Scafell Pike and were now stuck on a narrow ledge on steep ground. Initially it was difficult to contact the party and Keswick team who were also alerted Read more…
The team was contacted about a pair of walkers who were stuck on descent having walked from Borrowdale. Whilst further information was being gathered a passing group helped the stuck pair back to the path. After confirming they were fine to continue without assistance the team was stood down.
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…
We were contacted by Police about a family of 3 who had managed to ascend Yewbarrow but could not find their way down. Although the cloud was high the steepness of the ground was causing them to hold their position unsure of where to go next. We mounted a limited Read more…
The team was contacted by the police about a walker stuck somewhere near Piers Gill. By the time the team leader made contact they were no longer stuck and did not require any further assistance.
The team was called when shouts for help were heard coming from the Broad Stand area of Scafell. A man was found cragfast and uninjured by team members who had ascended via Lords Rake and Deep Gill. He was assisted back up towards the summit and walked down to Wasdale Read more…
The team was contacted by the police to assist a pair of walkers who were stuck at the boulder field on the Wast Water Screes path. A limited callout was made and team members  walked to their location from the south-western end of the lake. The walkers had a large Read more…
Team paged by the police regarding a report of shouts for help and whistles in the vicinity of the Corridor Route.  A full callout was initiated and the team searched the area around Piers Ghyll and Greta Ghyll but no persons were located and no calls for help heard. On returning to the valley a Read more…
A group of three peakers heard whistles and shouts from the Red Gill area of Scafell. They called the police who called out the team at about 6:30am. The advance party headed up the fell with some crag gear and first aid equipment whilst other team members brought up longer Read more…
One of the team leaders was out walking on Great Gable (looking for missing team equipment) when they heard shouts for help coming from Ill Gill on Kirkfell opposite. On further investigation this turned out to be a man cragfast in the gill which is a popular scramble. A limited Read more…
Whilst returning from the initial incident on Great Gable and immediately after the alert for the rescue on Scafell Pike a further call came from the Police for a pair of climbers cragfast on Needle Ridge on the Napes crags due to greasy conditions on the rock. A small team Read more…
Request from Keswick MRT to send two team members already high on Scafell Pike to assist them with their two separate incidents. A single climber and a pair of climbers were both stuck on winter routes on Great End. Cockermouth MRT had been brought in to assist and a Sea Read more…
Whilst the team were returning to base along the side of Wastwater they noticed a flashing light on the Screes path. Shouting across to the light there were a group of girls who were stick on the boulder field and only had one very small torch between them all. A Read more…
Call from the police. A group were reported to be cragfast in a Gulley adjacent to Pikes Crag, Scafell Pike. A Deputy Leader (DTL) already on Scafell (Lords Rake) had heard the screams for help, and raised the alarm via the police. The shouts were coming from the top of Read more…
Mobile phone call to the police from a walker who had heard shouts for help from the area below Lingmel Crags. Subsequent calls confirmed that there was a genuine person in difficulty. Full call out and 19 team members attended. Before the team could get to the location (Piers Gill), Read more…
Whilst incident 23 was being dealt with the team were approached by the father of a 24 year old who was suffering from severe vertigo and could not proceed further. He was at the head of Greta Gill and needed to climb the rock step before making his way back Read more…
Team called out for a cragfast walker on Scafell. A Party of seven were descending via the Broad Stand path when one of their party became stuck on some loose scree. The callout was made and although the team were looking in the Foxes Tarn area, the stranded walker was Read more…
Call from the police to assist a group of walkers who were stuck on the Screes path alongside the far side of the lake. Limited callout to guide them back to the road head.
‘999’ mobile call from an informant located on the corridor route path at the head of Piers Gill. Two male walkers had descended Piers Gill, on their descent from Scafell Pike. They had got themselves down the two waterfall steps (around 4m drops) and decided to return. Only one could Read more…