Scafell Pike – Fri 16th Feb 2018
We were called by Police about a walker who was reported overdue from a trip up Scafell Pike. As we started to gather information he made his own way into the Boot Inn and we stood down.
We were called by Police about a walker who was reported overdue from a trip up Scafell Pike. As we started to gather information he made his own way into the Boot Inn and we stood down.
A walker reported they were now stuck after sliding some distance down snow. The walker was located near Dropping Crag on Scafell Pike. After medical assessment it was determined they had injured their shoulder and had other bumps and bruises but after some simple analgesia were able to walk off.
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
We were called by Police about a walker reported overdue from a trip up Scafell Pike the previous day. Car parks and roads in Wasdale & Eskdale were checked by Police and team members but no trace of the walkers vehicle was found. A limited search was started later on Read more
We were called by Police about 2 walkers who’d become stuck on the summit of Scafell Pike. The weather was very cold and windy and they were encouraged to start walking down towards Wasdale in what was left of the daylight. Sarloc was used to track their progress. They were Read more
We were called by Police about a walker reported to be separately from their group and potentially lost near the summit of Scafell Pike. The lost walker was helped off the mountain by other walkers without us needing to deploy.
The team leader took a police call after a walker was reported overdue having left Langdale Campsite the previous morning. We alerted Langdale MRT so they were aware in case a search was required. As the previous day had been nice and it had been a mild night it was Read more
We were called by Police about 2 walkers who had become lost whilst descending Scafell Pike. Using Sarloc their position was established as Middleboot Knotts below the Corridor Route in difficult terrain. After initial attempts to guide them off the hill over the phone failed, a small team headed up Read more
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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