Great Gable – Wed 23rd Apr 2025

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…

Great Gable – Sun 20th Apr 2025

Three separate calls were made to Cumbria Police yesterday after hearing shouts in the White Napes area of Great Gable. However, after assessing all of the information and consulting with the informants and Cumbria Police it was decided that there was insufficient evidence of an ongoing need for MR assistance. Read more…

Great Gable – Sun 5th May 2024

A call was received from Cumbria Police via Cockermouth MRT who were originally assigned the call. A group of walkers could see lights that appeared to them to be flashing on the climbers traverse path on Great Gable and they were concerned that they were trying to summon help. A Read more…

Great Gable – Fri 19th Apr 2024

An alert was received from Cumbria Police about two walkers who were stuck on steep ground after previously ascending Great Gable. However on further investigation of the exact location via a successful Phone find it was established that they were on Base Brown. As this is well into Keswick MRT’s Read more…

Great Gable – Sun 12th Nov 2023

A very brief alert when a request from Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was received following an ankle injury to a walker on Green Gable which they were dealing with. This was shortly after the Remembrance Day service, so there were team members already on the fell. However, after checking numbers Read more…