Casualties who report themselves as lost or in need of assistance when still able to move and uninjured.
We were called by Police about a group of 2 walkers who reported themselves lost due to low cloud somewhere near Mickledore on Scafell Pike. They were given some advice by phone and as the weather was improving we decided to wait a while before responding. The group was later Read more
The fourth (and final) incident of the night was to a mother and son lost on Great Gable. Again there was no phone reception to gather further information. A search dog and handler were dispatched and the pair were found close to the Gavel Neese intake wall.
We were contacted by Cumbria Police about a party of four and a dog lost near to Esk Hause. We were unable to contact them due to poor signal they were given time to turn up and we stood down when it was confirmed that they were in Borrowdale.
We were contacted by a group of 10 taking part in a challenge event who had become lost on Scafell Pike. The team managed to established their location and offered advice over the phone to allow them to make their own way off the mountain.
The team was called to assist a female who had become lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader provided a compass bearing and directions off the mountain. The lost person eventually made their own way down to Wasdale without the team being deployed.
The team was called out last night around 21:00 regarding 2 walkers who were lost after descending Scafell Pike. Based on the information provided it was believed they were in Upper Eskdale and the team searched through the night in poor conditions of heavy rain and swollen rivers but without Read more
We were contacted by Cumbria Police about a walker who reported himself lost in cloud whilst on Scafell Pike. The walker managed to make contact with another party on the fell who escorted him off before we needed to respond.
Team called out this evening to assist 2 walkers lost near to the head of Piers Gill. They were found by team members and walked back to Wasdale.
We were called by Police around 00:45 about a party of 4 walkers reported overdue from a trip up Scafell Pike. The party were foreign, with limited English and it was difficult for the Police and us to obtain good information on their likely location. As a result we decided Read more
We were contact by Cumbria Police to assist a pair of walkers who had become lost on their descent of Scafell Pike. The team leader located them using the SARLOC app and tracked their progress whilst providing instructions over the phone. They were safely off the hill by 00:45.
The team was contacted by Cumbria police to assist a group who had become lost on Scafell Pike. The team leader gave them some time to help themselves and the group contacted us to say they had managed to walk into Eskdale safe and well.
Whilst evacuating the injured lady we were requested to assist a group of 4 who had become lost on Scafell Pike. We gave them some advice over the phone and they made their own way down.
We were contacted by a couple who had become lost on Scafell Pike, it become apparent early on that we would need to look for the pair. As we were turning out one of our probationary team members, already out on the hill, found the pair and walked them to Read more
Team contacted by the police to assist 5 people who had become lost at the head of Piers Gill. The group managed to make their own way from the mountain without the team’s assistance.
The team was called out to assist two walkers who had walked off the wrong side of Scafell Pike into upper Eskdale. They were quickly located below Horn Crag and walked back to our vehicles in the Eskdale Valley before being driven back to Wasdale.
We were called by Police about a family of 4 lost, thought to be near Piers Gill. They were located by team members on the left bank of the gill just below the Lingmell crags and then walked off the mountain back to Wasdale Head. Incident closed 21:30, 15 WMRT Read more
We were called by Police about a couple who were lost on Scafell Pike. After talking on the phone with the team leader it was established they were on the Eskdale side of the mountain and they started to retrace their steps back up towards the summit. Having made the Read more
We were called by Police about 2 walkers reported lost somewhere on Scafell Pike. Unfortunately it was not possible to phone them back to get further details and after waiting some time the team leader initiated a full callout, with support from DFMRT to undertake a search. Fortunately, they managed Read more
The team was called about a group walkers lost descending from Scafell Pike. The team was called out to search for them but then stood down when it was concluded that they were on Keswick MRT’s patch.
The team was called out to help a group of five lost walkers down from the Rough Crag area of Scafell Pike. We determined their location using Sarloc and gave them directions to Mickledore where we met them and walked them down to Wasdale Head.