Incidents initiated by the failure of a party to turn up or report in by their expected time.
A very swift resolution to two walkers being reported overdue after they had become separated from the rest of their walking group. However, very quickly they were in contact to say they had arrived at their intended destination, so no further action was needed.
A bit of a catch up on call-outs coming, after a reasonably quiet period came to an abrupt end with a flurry of call-outs recently. This was an alert from Cockermouth MRT when a walker intending to summit Red Pike (Wasdale) was reported overdue. A team member checked out Overbeck Read more
A short alert was resolved quickly after an overdue fell runner was reported. However, as the Team Leader and others were gathering information on the route taken, another call confirmed she had been in touch and simply a poor mobile phone signal had prevented updates home. Happily, a false alarm Read more
A call from Cumbria Police was received regarding an overdue walker from a walk up Pillar. The walker was last known to be at the summit, and had not returned to his vehicle when expected. Due to the possibility of a descent into Ennerdale, Cockermouth MRT were alerted, however shortly Read more
A short alert was quickly resolved after a call from Cumbria Police about a party of three walkers. They had set off at 4pm and were considered overdue and could not be contacted. The exact route was unknown, and they were not equipped to be on the fell at night. Read more
The Duty Team Leader was alerted when a concerned family member called Cumbria Police. A group of four inexperienced walkers had ascended Scafell Pike, but had not been contactable for many hours. Their cars were still at Seathwaite. As information was gathered, it transpired that the group were planning on Read more
A brief alert when the team was called by Cumbria Police about a party of three family members that were overdue and uncontactable during a walk up Scafell Pike. The Team Leader asked for car parks to be checked for the group’s vehicle, but happily as further information was being Read more
During callout 6, five inexperienced walkers were reported overdue by their friend after setting off for an impromptu walk up Scafell and Scafell Pike from Upper Eskdale. Most team members deployed for the ongoing callout in Wasdale were asked to hold for possible redeployment and additional team members were also Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police about two walkers who were reported as being lost in the snow. They had reported this to friends who had then called the police when they became overdue. Happily, as the Team Leader was gathering information and considering calling the team out, another Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police from a relative of a lone walker. He had not been in contact for over 24 hours, having known to have been on Scafell Pike on Sunday morning. He had subsequently sent a video from an unknown location at 2pm. Once the video Read more
A short alert for the Team Leader when a walker called Cumbria Police concerned for their friends’ safety. A party of 20 walkers had set off to climb Scafell Pike, with 5 turning around, concerned about the weather and the lack of daylight remaining. As the Team Leader was gathering Read more
An alert from Cumbria Police was quickly resolved when two walkers were reported overdue from a walk up Scafell Pike. As soon as a standby been sent to the team, there was a confirmation that the police had managed to contact one of the walkers. They were safe and well Read more
A short alert was swiftly resolved after a family member reported two walkers overdue after summiting Scafell Pike earlier in the afternoon. As the Team Leader was gathering information having put the team on standby, the good news was received that the overdue walkers had been in contact and were Read more
The team was put on standby on Tuesday evening to be ready to assist in the callout below on Wednesday. One of our drone pilots was deployed but just as he was about to fly there was a find and he became part of the response team. All in all Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a fell runner who was overdue. A family member was reporting their concerns, expecting him back home by early evening. It was established that the runner was last heard from at 08:30am at the summit of Scafell Pike. He had planned to Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a lone walker who was overdue from a walk up Sca Fell. The walker was inexperienced and not well equipped should things not go to plan. Friends were concerned for his safety as they had received a call saying he was lost Read more
The team was called about two inexperienced walkers who were considered to be overdue from a walk up Scafell Pike. They had set off at 3:30pm, believing it to be a 3 hour walk from their research. As such they had little equipment with them. Fortunately as the Team Leader Read more
A brief alert after two walkers were reported overdue from a walk up Scafell Pike to Seathwaite. The Team Leader was able to get a reply to a text message and confirmed that they were safely off the fell but in another location. A good outcome.
The team was alerted yesterday evening about a family party of four walkers who were overdue from a walk up Scafell Pike. Another family member called raising concern. However, as the Team Leader started to gather information, a call to one of the party connected and it was confirmed that Read more
A call was received yesterday evening about a party of 12 walkers who were overdue from a walk up Scafell Pike. A friend was expecting them several hours earlier, returning to Keswick from Seathwaite. However, as the Team Leader was gathering information form the informant on the phone, a message Read more