Casualties who report themselves as lost or in need of assistance when still able to move and uninjured.
The team were called by the Police for a single walker who was lost in the Hollowstones area whilst descending Scafell Pike. A limited callout was made and eleven team members headed up to find him. We used the GPS on his smartphone to get an exact location and then Read more…
The team were contacted by the police for a young couple from Derby who were lost close to the summit of Scafell Pike in poor visibility. Their position was determined from a smartphone and a total of nine team members went on the fell in wet and windy conditions. The Read more…
A pair of walkers dialed 999 after becoming lost on Scafell Pike. The duty team leader had several broken conversations with them by mobile phone, due to poor reception. Eventually they reached Lingmell Col and made their own way down to Wasdale Head. It is worth noting that setting off Read more…
We were contacted by Keswick team regarding 2 people who had started their walk at Seathwaite but were now understood to be heading to Wasdale from Scafell Pike and struggling due to the darkness and uncertainty in their position. Following further phone calls it was established they were descending the Brown Tongue path heading for 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…
The team were contacted by a pair of fell walkers who called 999 after being benighted. They gave a description of their location that suggested they were next to the river Esk in Upper Eskdale. A limited callout was made and a team of five headed up Eskdale. The two Read more…
The team was contacted by Cumbria Police to assist one male and two females stuck on the summit of Great Gable. The party of three had set off from Seathwaite to the Summit earlier in the day when they became disorientated on the Summit and could not find their way off. Read more…
Call from police. Two seperate groups lost on Scafell Pike but now joined together (Total of 7 lost persons). The Team Leader was able to identify their position as between Piers Ghyll and the Bad Step on the Corridor Route. None of the casulaties had a map or compass. They were given 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…
Call came in from the police for a party of walkers lost on Scafell Pike. The team leader was unable to contact the informant on their mobile phone but a call came in at 10.35 p.m. to advise that that party was safe and well and no further action was Read more…
While the team were finishing the rescue at the top of Piers Gill, a further call came in from Cumbria Police to respond to a male walker in his early 20’s who had become lost whilst climbing Scafell Pike. He was tackling the three peaks on his own, cycling between Read more…
Two walkers, male and female on Scafell Pike and reported themselves lost somewhere in the region of Piers Gill in low cloud. As their general location was known from the description they gave and they were relatively safe, a limited callout was instigated and 8 team members located the lost Read more…
Paged by Cumbria Police to rescue a group of four walkers from Oldham who said they were lost on Pulpit Rock, Scafell Pike in cloud that had descended on them. Whilst the team leader was assessing the details a further call came in from the Police to say that the Read more…
‘999’ call came in to Cumbria Police from a male walker who was lost in low cloud on descent from Scafell Pike. The man in his 30’s had been with a group of ten who were out on a stag weekend when he was left behind on the summit of Read more…
Call came in from Cumbria Police regarding a ‘999’call from two ladies who reported they were lost on Scafell Pike and next to a cliff edge. The Team leader was unable to make contact with the two ladies on the mobile number as their phone had been switched off. No Read more…
A father and son became separated during a descent from Scafell Pike summit. Despite a prolonged effort the father was unable to find his son in the area last seen and was forced to return to Langdale where he raised the alarm. Wasdale team had initiated a check of the Read more…
Call from police re a group of 5 3-peakers lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader spoke to the informant – two were very wet and cold and only two of party had waterproofs. They were dressed in shorts and fleeces, and had no food or whistle. They did have Read more…
A party on the 3 peaks became disorientated on their descent after losing the path and were now lost. Due to the poor weather conditions they were also wet and cold and one of them was having difficulty walking due to a sore knee. As their location was uncertain the team Read more…
Call from Police for two missing Three Peakers. A group of four walkers had set off from Wasdale Head at 5.00 a.m. to climb Scafell Pike in wet and windy conditions. They separated on the way up and a 40 year old male and female pair became lost on their Read more…