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Rough Crag

Rough Crag, Scafell Pike – Tue 11th Feb 2025

After a quiet period of over three weeks without a callout, a call was received from Cumbria Police. Two walkers had mis-navigated off Scafell Pike summit plateau in misty conditions and ended up beneath Rough Crag. In very cold conditions a full callout was made by the Team Leader, with Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 months ago

Rough Crag, Scafell Pike – Tue 23rd Jul 2024

Another call from Cumbria Police yesterday. A walker had become cragfast in steep consequential ground on Rough Crag. He had wisely called for help. A full callout was quickly made, and due to the length of time it would take team members to arrive on scene, air support was requested Read more…

By John Bamforth, 10 monthsThu 25th Jul 2024 ago

Rough Crag, Scafell Pike – Sat 30th Aug 2014

The team was called out to help a group of five lost walkers down from the Rough Crag area of Scafell Pike. We determined their location using Sarloc and gave them directions to Mickledore where we met them and walked them down to Wasdale Head.

By Jon Lynch, 11 yearsSun 31st Aug 2014 ago

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