Scafell Pike – Tue 17th Oct 2017
Earlier this evening we were contacted after a walker was reported overdue from a walk up Scafell Pike from Langdale. As the team leader was gathering information the walker turned up.
Corridor Route, Scafell Pike – Fri 13th Oct 2017
Team called yesterday evening for a group of walkers who reported themselves lost, near to the Corridor Route on Scafell Pike. They had just managed to regained the path as the team leader made contact. (Having tried to self rescue for a couple of hours) Directions and advice was given Read more…
Scafell Pike – Sat 7th Oct 2017
As we were walking off from the second incident we were called again by Police about 2 walkers who had also separated from their group and become lost somewhere between Scafell Pike Summit and Great End. It was initially difficult to re-contact them but eventually with help from SARLOC they Read more…
Corridor Route, Scafell Pike – Sat 7th Oct 2017
Whilst we were walking off from the previous job we were called again by Police about 2 walkers who had split off from a larger group and become lost, somewhere on Scafell Pike. One also reported they had hurt their leg and were struggling to walk. As we were dealing 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…
Scafell Pike – Sat 30th Sep 2017
We were called by Police about 2 walkers who phoned the Woolpack Inn to say they were lost whilst walking on either Scafell Pike or Scafell. They phoned in around an hour later to say they’d met other walkers and no longer needed any assistance.
Scafell Pike – Tue 26th Sep 2017
We were called by Police about a group of 4 walkers, one of whom had an ankle injury, reporting themselves lost whilst descending Scafell Pike. With help from Sarloc they were located on Rough Crag. A team member on the fell helped get them walking and they were then joined Read more…
Scafell Pike – Sun 24th Sep 2017
We were called by Police about a group of 4 walkers reporting themselves lost whilst descending Scafell Pike, probably in Eskdale. Given the good over night weather and lack of precise position it was decided to leave them until the morning and see if they made their own way out, Read more…
Scafell Pike – Sat 23rd Sep 2017
We were called again by Police about 2 more walkers who were on the summit of Scafell Pike but struggling to find the way down. A mountain leader guiding another party on the mountain kindly offered to walk the pair down so that we did not need to respond. Many Read more…
Scafell Pike – Sat 23rd Sep 2017
We were called by Police about 2 walkers reporting themselves lost whilst descending Scafell Pike. Given the number of incidents being dealt with this was passed to our colleagues in Duddon & Furness Team, but Wasdale members on the other job continued to look for both parties. Despite the best Read more…
Scafell Pike – Thu 21st Sep 2017
The team was alerted by police to a walker on Scafell Pike who had mislaid his girlfriend in the cloud and hadn’t seen her for 25 minutes. Whilst the team leader was trying to get hold of the informant the police log was update to say they had made phone Read more…
Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sat 16th Sep 2017
Not long after the previous job was passed to Keswick, the team leader took a call for a walker who had slipped while descending the Brown Tongue path and sustained a broken ankle. Once on scene the team Doctor administered pain relief, the casualty was packaged up and stretchered down 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…
Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Wed 30th Aug 2017
We were called by NWAS about a walker who had broken their leg whilst descending the lower section of the Brown Tongue path on Scafell Pike, below the intake wall. After assessment it was determine they had probably sustained a spiral fracture of the Tibia and Fibula. Pain relief was 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…
Scafell Pike – Sun 27th Aug 2017
A young walker was reported to be struggling to descend Scafell Pike. They were helped down by their party without us needing to respond.
Scafell Pike – Sat 26th Aug 2017
A walker was reported as lost from their group on Scafell Pike. Soon after they re-joined their group and the incident was closed.
Scafell Pike – Sat 26th Aug 2017
A walker fell at the summit of Scafell Pike and sustained a head & knee injury. Initially there was some concern regarding the walkers condition and the coastguard helicopter from Prestwick attended and ferried team members up the hill. Once on scene the casualty was assessed by the team doctor Read more…
Scafell Pike – Wed 23rd Aug 2017
The team was alerted to a group of walkers reporting themselves lost in the Scafell Pike area. Without a clear location, difficulty recontacting them and a reasonable weather forecast it was decided to wait until the morning to see if they made their way off the mountain, which they did Read more…
Corridor Route, Scafell Pike – Sun 20th Aug 2017
We were called out by North West Ambulance Service for a walker on the corridor route who had stumbled and badly hurt her ankle. Due to the location and possible complications with the injury a coastguard helicopter was requested and Rescue 199, the new AW189 from Prestwick attended. They lowered their Read more…