All other incidents
Cumbria Police requested assistance in the search for a missing person in the Miterdale area. Wasdale MRT deployed a full team response, including Search Dog Jess and her handler, who carried out searches of dense woodland. Team members and vehicles conducted further checks of forest tracks and surrounding areas. Additional Read more
Cumbria Police received a report from an informant who stated he could hear shouts for help somewhere on Great Gable. The Wasdale MRT Team Leader investigated and, based on the limited information available and the likely location, held a discussion with Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team, as the incident appeared to Read more
Cumbria Police contacted Wasdale MRT regarding four males whose tent’s had failed in severe weather conditions. All four were now wet, cold, and unable to get off the hill safely. A full team response was initiated to reach them and bring them to safety. Despite the situation, the group were Read more
Cumbria Police contacted Wasdale MRT regarding a group of four individuals, one of whom had suffered boot failure and was now walking barefoot. Initial attempts by the MRT Team Leader to make contact were unsuccessful due to poor mobile signal. A PhoneFind request was sent, and a location was obtained, Read more
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) alerted the Team Leader to two people in difficulty in Wast Water. NWAS, Cumbria Fire & Rescue, and Wasdale MRT (in case of boat deployment or difficult access) were urgently deployed. The ambulance crew arrived first and confirmed thankfully that both individuals had managed to Read more
Cumbria Police requested Wasdale MRT assistance after a vehicle struck a rock and slid off the road on the notorious bad bend on Hardknott Pass. The car contained four occupants. The Team Leader deployed a small party to assist and whilst en route, encountered a second vehicle that had also Read more
Cumbria Police contacted the Team Leader regarding a pair of campers seeking assistance after becoming very cold and were unable to warm up. After discussing their situation, the Team Leader advised them to pack up and walk down to the safety and warmth of their vehicle at Greendale. They completed Read more
Cumbria Police received a report from a walker who had observed flashing lights near the summit of Scafell Pike, and was concerned that they might need help. The Team Leader investigated and based on the informant’s location concluded the lights were likely a normal pattern from a group of walkers. Read more
A short alert was quickly resolved after a walker was concerned for another walker and his two dogs who was the high side of Lingmell Gill which looked to be unpassable due to the heavy rainfall. However the walker was able to communicate his intentions to re-ascend to a higher Read more
A call was received from NWAS requesting assistance for a car stuck off the roadside near Wast Water. As further investigation, the team was not deployed as this is not within the scope of the team. A local recovery company ultimately attended and assisted the family.
Last Bank Holiday Monday, we received a call from Cumbria Police about people potentially lost in the water at Wast Water requiring assistance. They had received multiple calls reporting similar things about paddle boarders in distress. Further information suggested that one person was unaccounted for. Multiple emergency services were activated Read more
Cumbria Police contacted the team regarding a walker struggling with his descent on Scafell Pike. However, others in his group were able to provide food, water, and encouragement and it was declared that support from the team was no longer required.
The informant to Cumbria Police reported hearing whistles in the Hardknott Pass area. The Team Leader investigated but found insufficient information to justify a team deployment. The situation was monitored and closed without further action with agreement from the police. A false alarm with good intent.
The team was tasked by Cumbria Police to support them for a search on Scafell Pike. The team was deployed but after some time ascending in very warm conditions the walker was believed to have descended via a different route to Wasdale Head. As such, all parties were stood down Read more
We were called on Friday evening about two walkers who were concerned for their safety after getting wet and cold. They were high up near Great End. The Team Leader made contact and established that they were intending to camp, and were well prepared to recover their situation. After discussing Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police; two dogs had become exhausted and were ‘staying put’ after a long day out ascending Scafell Pike the long way around from Wrynose Pass. The call had initially gone to Penrith MRT in error but then re-routed quickly. The group of three walkers Read more
A call was taken from Cumbria Police yesterday evening when a camper at the Brackenclose campsite was concerned when she noticed flashing lights on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader made some enquiries, but shortly afterwards the informant confirmed that the lights now seemed to be descending. With the additional knowledge Read more
The team was called by Cumbria Police on Sunday about a party of four walkers who were lost in mist, having summited Scafell Pike about 20 minutes earlier. With difficult mobile phone communications, attempts to make a ‘talk off’ were unsuccessful. Another police call shortly afterwards stated that one of Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police when two walkers on Yewbarrow heard a scream from the opposite side of the lake, and they were concerned that someone was in trouble. The Team Leader contacted the walkers and also made further enquiries locally. Nothing further to indicate a problem emerged, Read more
The team was notified by Cumbria Police when a caller reported that a head torch had not moved for some time on the Screes. They were concerned for the person’s safety. The Team Leader asked a team member who lived in the valley to investigate. Happily by the time they Read more