- Incident
- 5 in 2025
- Type
- Alert — Overdue
- Location
- Hollowstones, Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Snow
- Other Agencies
- Cumbria Police
- Tagged
- Overdue
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 call was taken by the police confirming they had made it safely down to the valley and were at their vehicle.
Incident started at 18:06 and ended at 18:37 making 0.5 hrs in total. There was 1 Wasdale team member involved and the incident occured at NY 20620 07239. Total rescuer hours: 0.5