Incidents

Lingmell Col, Scafell Pike – Sat 8th Mar 2025

A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had slipped on scree, injured his ankle, and was finding it difficult to continue. The Team Leader was able to make contact, and as the walker was willing and able to make slow progress, he was advised to keep Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 month ago

Miterdale – Fri 7th Mar 2025

A straightforward callout was swiftly resolved after two walkers had separated in a walk in Miterdale forest. One had become lost and needed some help to return to her vehicle as darkness was starting to fall. Two local team members volunteered to attend and were able to quickly locate the Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 monthWed 19th Mar 2025 ago

Scafell Pike – Thu 6th Mar 2025

A full callout was initiated on Thursday after a call from Cumbria Police. Two walkers had been ascending Scafell Pike and separated at Lingmell Col when one wanted to make the summit and the other stayed behind. Visibility was poor with mist and rain and with darkness setting in, both Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 monthsMon 10th Mar 2025 ago

Scafell Pike – Mon 3rd Mar 2025

The team was called by Cumbria Police about two inexperienced walkers who were not able to get down from the summit in dark and misty conditions and were getting increasingly cold. The Team Leader was able to talk to the walkers; the main problem was that they had no head Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 monthsMon 10th Mar 2025 ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 2nd Mar 2025

The Duty Team Leader was alerted when a concerned family member called Cumbria Police. A group of four inexperienced walkers had ascended Scafell Pike, but had not been contactable for many hours. Their cars were still at Seathwaite. As information was gathered, it transpired that the group were planning on Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 months ago

Middleboot Knotts, Scafell Pike – Tue 25th Feb 2025

A call was received from Cumbria Police about two walkers who were reporting themselves ‘stuck’ on their descent from Scafell Pike. The initial call coordinates put them at the ‘bad step’ on the path adjacent to the edge of Piers Gill. This is a short scramble with some exposure. A Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 monthsWed 5th Mar 2025 ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 23rd Feb 2025

A brief alert when the team was called by Cumbria Police about a party of three family members that were overdue and uncontactable during a walk up Scafell Pike. The Team Leader asked for car parks to be checked for the group’s vehicle, but happily as further information was being Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 months ago

Pen, Scafell Pike – Sun 16th Feb 2025

As callout 12 was in progress another 999 call was received requesting help. Two walkers had become separated from the rest of their group and mis-navigated in misty conditions. PhoneFind established that they were near Pen off the Eskdale side of Scafell Pike summit. They were concerned for their safety Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 monthsWed 5th Mar 2025 ago

Lingmell Col, Scafell Pike – Sun 16th Feb 2025

A call was received from Cumbria Police regarding a walker who had fallen and injured his head and his arm. He was walking slowly downhill with other members of his group. The Team Leader made contact and established that the walker had a high pain score and was still light Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 months ago

Upper Eskdale – Sun 16th Feb 2025

A call was received from Cumbria Police about a party of three walkers who were lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader was able to gain an accurate location via Phonefind, which was in Upper Eskdale, this was significantly off course for their intended destination of Wasdale. One of the Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 months ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 15th Feb 2025

A short alert when a group of seven walkers were reporting themselves lost after aborting an ascent of Scafell Pike due to the winter conditions. However, as the Team Leader was gathering information it was confirmed that the group had fortunately met up with other walkers who were able to Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 months ago

Slight Side, Scafell – Sat 15th Feb 2025

busy weekend kicked off with a call from Cumbria Police on Saturday afternoon. Two well-prepared walkers had called for assistance as one of the walkers was suffering from a panic attack and was unable to make further progress. A location was obtained from PhoneFind. With no injuries reported, the Team Read more…

By John Bamforth, 2 monthsWed 5th Mar 2025 ago

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

Upper Eskdale – Sat 18th Jan 2025

During callout 6, five inexperienced walkers were reported overdue by their friend after setting off for an impromptu walk up Scafell and Scafell Pike from Upper Eskdale. Most team members deployed for the ongoing callout in Wasdale were asked to hold for possible redeployment and additional team members were also Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 months ago

Corridor Route, Scafell Pike – Sat 18th Jan 2025

A call was received on Saturday evening about two walkers who had mis-navigated away from the Corridor Route aiming for Borrowdale and were concerned for their safety. A location was obtained from the initial police call. The Team Leader was able to contact the walkers and ensure that they were Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 monthsTue 4th Feb 2025 ago

Hollowstones, Scafell Pike – Sun 12th Jan 2025

A call was received from Cumbria Police about two walkers who were reported as being lost in the snow. They had reported this to friends who had then called the police when they became overdue. Happily, as the Team Leader was gathering information and considering calling the team out, another Read more…

By John Bamforth, 3 months ago

Birker Fell – Thu 9th Jan 2025

A call was received from Cumbria Police to assist with helping a stranded motorist off Birker Fell and back to safe ground after a road traffic accident. A limited callout was made to take a team 4×4 vehicle to the scene and assist, however a team member in the valley Read more…

By John Bamforth, 4 monthsMon 13th Jan 2025 ago

Scafell Pike – Mon 6th Jan 2025

A call was received from Cumbria Police from a relative of a lone walker. He had not been in contact for over 24 hours, having known to have been on Scafell Pike on Sunday morning. He had subsequently sent a video from an unknown location at 2pm. Once the video Read more…

By John Bamforth, 4 monthsMon 13th Jan 2025 ago

Upper Eskdale – Sun 5th Jan 2025

An alert was received this morning from Cumbria Police about a party of five walkers who were reporting themselves close to hypothermia. The information came via an iPhone emergency satellite message so further information was initially quite limited. Helpfully an exact location was obtained, although this was in a remote Read more…

By John Bamforth, 4 months ago

Whitehaven – Thu 2nd Jan 2025

A short ambulance assist was required for a man who had fallen and sustained a broken leg whilst visiting a cemetery in Whitehaven. The North West Ambulance Service team was on scene but needed some help for the transfer to the ambulance. A limited callout was made and some local Read more…

By John Bamforth, 4 months ago

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