Incidents

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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago

Wastwater Screes – Sat 28th Dec 2024

The 168th 999 alert for the year makes 2024 a new record for the team. Cumbria Police requested help from the team for a party of 7 walkers, one of whom had pulled a muscle whilst walking on the Screes near the lakeshore. A full callout was made, and both Read more…

By John Bamforth, 6 months ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Thu 26th Dec 2024

A call was received yesterday about a lone walker who was struggling to make progress with a painful knee injury. A passing walker had stopped to help and made the call. A few minutes later further information was reported with the walker feeling unwell. A team member was already on Read more…

By John Bamforth, 6 months ago

Hardknott Pass – Tue 24th Dec 2024

A call was received from Cumbria Police on Christmas Eve. A very broken mobile call was passed through with very vague details but included the words ‘Scafell’, ‘foggy’ and ‘van’. The mobile number was unconfirmed. With very little to go on, the Team Leader asked a team member to check Read more…

By John Bamforth, 6 months ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 21st Dec 2024

A short alert for the Team Leader when a walker called Cumbria Police concerned for their friends’ safety. A party of 20 walkers had set off to climb Scafell Pike, with 5 turning around, concerned about the weather and the lack of daylight remaining. As the Team Leader was gathering Read more…

By John Bamforth, 6 months ago

Hollowstones, Scafell Pike – Tue 17th Dec 2024

A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had become disoriented in misty conditions on his descent from Scafell Pike. The Team Leader managed to establish an exact location via Phonefind and was able to confirm that he was now on the correct path. After a brief Read more…

By John Bamforth, 6 months ago

Lingmell Col, Scafell Pike – Sat 14th Dec 2024

A call was received from Cumbria Police about two walkers who had become disoriented on their descent, turning towards Piers Gill rather than Wasdale at Lingmell Col. The Team Leader managed to establish their exact location via Phonefind directed them to the correct path. Regular updates from Phonefind made this Read more…

By John Bamforth, 6 months ago

Scafell – Thu 12th Dec 2024

A call was received from Cumbria Police about a lone fell runner who had slipped on a steep descent on the flanks of Sca Fell, sustaining an extremely painful upper arm and/or shoulder injury. This rendered her unable to move at all. A callout was swiftly made and several team Read more…

By John Bamforth, 6 months ago

Scafell – Sat 30th Nov 2024

The Team Leader was alerted very early this morning about a lone walker who was in need of assistance. He was camping close to the summit of ScaFell when strong winds destroyed his tent. He was cold, disorientated and needed some guidance to descend to safety. The Team Leader was Read more…

By John Bamforth, 7 monthsWed 11th Dec 2024 ago

Wastwater Screes – Sat 16th Nov 2024

Whilst incident 159 was ongoing a further call for help was received. Two walkers and their dog had lost their route on the Screes and were struggling to make progress. Their dog was also being carried at this point, making it particularly hazardous across the boulder fields. Additional team members Read more…

By John Bamforth, 7 monthsWed 11th Dec 2024 ago

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