Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Mon 6th Sep 2021
We were alerted by Cumbria Police about 2 walkers who were lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader was able to talk them off the hill without calling the team out.
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sun 16th May 2021
Cumbria police alerted the team leader of a group of four people attempting the three peaks challenge, they had become lost when descending Scafell Pike. An initial phone find located the group by Piers Gill, a notorious accident black spot. After numerous telephone conversations with the group and 12x subsequent Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Wed 20th May 2020
Team Members were called out by Cumbria Police in search of two lost persons who reported themselves to be lost in poor visibility and in the vicinity of Piers Gill, one of Wasdale’s main accident blackspots. Immediately recognising the potential consequences associated to the difficult ground with that area, the Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sat 26th Jan 2019
We were called by Police about a group of walkers who phoned in to report themselves lost whilst descending Scafell Pike, after which their emergency call cut out and no further details were available. It was difficult to phone them back but understood their position was close to the Piers Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Mon 10th Sep 2018
We were called by Police about a further group of 3 walkers who had become lost whilst descending Scafell Pike and one of whom had fallen somewhere towards the gill. Team members from the earlier incident went back up the hill whilst further support was obtained from other Wasdale and Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sat 11th Aug 2018
We were called by Police initially by a walker reporting themselves lost somewhere on Scafell Pike. We were then called by two more walkers reporting themselves lost who turned out to be part of the same party. Using PhoneFind the locations of both groups were determined and then small teams Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sun 14th Jan 2018
In the first incident of the year, a group of walkers reported themselves lost on Scafell Pike. The team leader made contact and used Sarloc to determine the location, on the western banks of Piers Gill. Directions were given over the phone and fortunately they were able to use the Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sat 30th Sep 2017
The team was called again for a group of 4 walkers who had become lost whilst descending Scafell Pike. It was difficult to make phone contact with them and their location was far from certain when the search started but they were located reasonably quickly on the Piers Gill path Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sun 10th Sep 2017
We were called by Police about a walker and their friend who were struggling to descend due to aggravating a pre-existing injury. The two made their way down as far as they could but were then stopped by the Greta Gill crossing at the bottom of the Piers Gill path Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Tue 29th Aug 2017
We were called by Police about 2 walkers reporting themselves lost somewhere on Scafell Pike. On further investigation it turned out this was the same group who had called the previous night and been handled by Keswick Team and ended up spending the night in their tent. Using Sarloc their Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Wed 9th Aug 2017
We were called by Police about a walker who was struggling to make progress whilst on the Piers Gill path descending from Scafell Pike. The walker was located by team members and after a quick assessment the walker was supported to walk off the mountain.
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Wed 26th Oct 2016
The team was called out to help rescue a family group who’d become lost on Scafell Pike. They were located near to the top of Piers Gill then walked back to Wasdale by team members.
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sun 26th Jun 2016
Whilst the first incident was ongoing we got a second call for 2 walkers reporting themselves cragfast on steep ground overlooking a water fall. The precise position was unclear but as we were in the area Piers Gill was a possibility. With the possibility of a technical rescue at the Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sat 25th Jun 2016
We were called by Police about a walker who had become separated from her group and got lost. Using Sarloc we were able to position her at the head of Piers Gills and small team went out to escort her off the hill.
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sun 3rd Apr 2016
We were called by Police about a group of 2 and a group of 3 who had combined after getting lost on the descent of Scafell Pike. They believed they were near Piers Gill, which was confirmed by Sarloc and a small group was sent up to help them walk Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Fri 23rd Oct 2015
We were called by Police about a group of 5 walkers who reported themselves lost whilst walking on Scafell Pike. Using SARLOC and speaking with the party the team leader determined they were in the ground between Piers Gill and Lingmell and gave them directions back to the wall where Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Fri 23rd Oct 2015
We were called by Police about a group of 3 walkers who reported themselves lost whilst walking on Scafell Pike. Using Sarloc and speaking with the party the team leader determined they were near the head of Piers Gill. They were given directions to get back to the path and Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Wed 24th Jun 2015
The team was called about a group of three walkers lost near to the head of Piers Gill. They were given directions over the phone and made their way down to Wasdale Head without the team being deployed.
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sun 3rd May 2015
Team called out this evening to assist 2 walkers lost near to the head of Piers Gill. They were found by team members and walked back to Wasdale.
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Tue 17th Feb 2015
Team contacted by the police to assist 5 people who had become lost at the head of Piers Gill. The group managed to make their own way from the mountain without the team’s assistance.