- Incident
- 69 in 2025
- Type
- Alert — Lost
- Location
- Esk Hause
- Weather
- Cool, Storms, Windy
- Other Agencies
- Cumbria Police, Keswick MRT
- Tagged
- Lost
A call was taken yesterday evening from Cumbria Police. A passing walker had encountered a group of 8 walkers who were lost after summiting Scafell Pike. One had a leg injury and was walking slowly. The passing walker was heading for Seathwaite but the large group was trying to get back to Hardknott Pass, where their cars were parked.
With mobile communications poor, and the weather deteriorating, the plan was for the whole party to continue to Seathwaite, without any MR team intervention. As such, after a period of monitoring via Phone Finds, the call-out was transferred after a handover to Keswick MRT.
Incident started at 19:13 and ended at 22:12 making 3 hrs in total. There were 2 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 232083. Total rescuer hours: 6
