Incidents initiated by the failure of a party to turn up or report in by their expected time.
Call came in to the team leader directly from a local guest house about a 52 year old who had got split up from the rest of his party. The party had got back down from the mountain at 7.30pm. but the man was still overdue. As they were discussing Read more
Team alerted by Cumbria Police to respond to a ‘999’ call from an informant over a walker who had become long overdue. The Team leader gathered details but waited before mobilizing the team. The overdue walker turned up safe and well at 9.10 p.m. and the incident was stood down Read more
Call from the police for missing persons on Scafell Pike – Team Leader decided to wait until the morning (9.00 a.m.) to review the situation as it is normal for walkers to make it out under their own steam from first light.
Call came in from a concerned husband whose wife and 4 year old child were overdue. The family had set off from Wasdale head camp site to walk up to Burnmoor Tarn. The father and 11 year old son carried on up to Ill Gill Head but when they returned Read more
A man on the 3 peaks challenge was reported missing after he’d gone on ahead of his group but was not at the expected meeting place. One of the team leaders went down the valley to obtain further information and quickly established the man was now safe and well and Read more
Team called out by the Police following a call from a husband and son who had left the wife in the car on Hardknott Pass to go for a walk on the fell and when they returned the wife was missing. It was established that she could not have walked Read more
Team called following a report of a male walker in his 70’s who along with his two sons were overdue from their walk on Scafell Pike. The man suffered from a medical condition. He turned up safe and well at 6.15 p.m.
Call from the Police on Airwaves as team had been on helicopter practice in the valley. Male walker reported missing by his wife. They had been walking in Mosedale from Wasdale Head and became separated at the ‘Y’ Boulder. He turned up safe and well an hour later. No further Read more
The team were put on standby following a call from Cockermouth MRT. A mother and daughter had left Wasdale earlier that day to walk over to Buttermere via Gatesgarth and had failed to turn up. The car was checked by Wasdale and the two missing walkers turned up later in Read more
Call from Workington Police regarding a report of a missing walker on Scafell Pike. They turned up whilst the team leader was making further enquiries. The two male walkers separated whilst ascending Scafell Pike. One continued to the summit whilst the other descended. Whilst the team leader was making further Read more
Callout from the Police for a female walker who had become separated from her partner in the Lingmel Col area on their descent from Scafell Pike into Wasdale. The male partner had returned to the valley bottom whilst the female had continued to the summit. On her descent she became Read more
A local man had gone for a walk on Scafell Pike but didn’t return home at the expected time, so the police were contacted. Whilst one team member went to investigate the car parks at Wasdale Head the walker turned up safe and well. Incident closed.
Call from the police regarding an overdue male walker last seen at Windy Gap, Great Gable trying to make his way back to Honister. His companion had got back to Honister via Moses Trod and the overdue walker had failed to turn up. The incident was passed over to Keswick Read more
Request came into the team from a local guest house following concerns over a group of three walkers who had set off from Seathwaite and had failed to arrive at Wasdale Head. The group consisted a father in his early 40’s with his two young children. Two team members were Read more
Following a report of an overdue male walker in his mid 70’s, a team member with his dog Kipper went out on the fell to see if he could find the man. Kipper located him on the path down to Wasdale Head from Lingmell Nose. He was very tired and Read more
Two walkers, male and female in their early 60’s were long overdue on a walk from Scafell (Eskdale side) to Brackenclose. They did not have a torch and had a medical history. Around 15 team members attended along with a SARDA (Lakes) Search dog. The missing couple were quickly located Read more
Call came in from the police for two overdue/lost walkers on Scafell Pike. The two male walkers, 23 yr and 24 yr old were with their father attempting the three peaks challenge when they became separated on their descent back to Wasdale Head. The father was interviewed by two of Read more
Whilst dealing with incident 53 a further request came in from the police for three overdue from Scafell Pike back to Hardknott. Due to the fact that team members were already dealing with the motorbike incident, the team carried out a search for the three overdue walkers vehicle which was Read more
Call from the police for 70 year old male walker who was overdue on Great Gable. Whilst team members assembled ready to search the mountain the missing walker turned up safe and well. Incident stood down at 11.30 pm.
Whilst the team were involved in incidents 47 and 48 a further request came in for a group of five who were missing on Scafell Pike. They were part of a larger group and had become separated. They had last been seen by team members on top of the Pike Read more