- Incident
- 138 in 2024
- Type
- Alert — Lost
- Location
- Mickledore, Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Cloudy Summits, Rain
- Other Agencies
- Cumbria Police
- Tagged
- Lost
A late night call was received from Cumbria Police regarding three 3-peakers who had taken a wrong turn on the summit plateau and ended up at Mickledore stretcher box, cold and wet. Other members of the wider group had made it back to the valley and had called it in.
After discussion with the Team Leader, the group in the valley was able to relay route instructions to the Mickledore group via their radio, and then they started to walk up to meet the descending party with warm clothing and food. This was the quickest route for support and the Team Leader was also reluctant to call the team out again with two rescues not long completed on Friday evening.
At this point two other walkers from a separate group arrived at Mickledore and helped to give confidence to the lost walkers that the route down the Mickledore gully was correct.
The descent was completed without incident and once confirmation was received that the walkers were back in the valley the Team Leader stood down and closed the log. Thanks to the passing walkers who helped out.
Incident started at 01:30 and ended at 03:30 making 2 hrs in total. There was 1 Wasdale team member involved and the incident occured at NY 21000 06900. Total rescuer hours: 2
