Incidents

Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Wed 20th May 2020

Team Members were called out by Cumbria Police in search of two lost persons who reported themselves to be lost in poor visibility and in the vicinity of Piers Gill, one of Wasdale’s main accident blackspots. Immediately recognising the potential consequences associated to the difficult ground with that area, the Read more

By Jon Lynch, 6 years ago

Gosforth Bridalways – Fri 8th May 2020

Due to the great support from everybody it has been almost 2 months since our last call out. On behalf of all the team thank you to all those whom have followed government advice during this difficult time. Not all of our call outs are mountain related and from time Read more

By John Bamforth, 6 yearsSun 17th May 2020 ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 14th Mar 2020

The team were called by Cumbria police after a member of the public hear shouts for help. The lost individual subsequently was picked up by another walker and also met up with the informant. The team remained on standby until the party was off the hill.

By John Bamforth, 6 yearsSun 5th Apr 2020 ago

Eskdale – Sat 14th Mar 2020

The team were called assist the NWAS after beingÃ‚Â lady was reported to be fitting a short distance from the road end in Eskdale.Ã‚Â When the team arrived she had been assessed by the paramedics and escorted to the waiting ambulance.

By John Bamforth, 6 yearsSun 5th Apr 2020 ago

Scafell – Wed 11th Mar 2020

Just as the previous two incidents were coming to a close we received our third call! An individual reported themselves lost and off track on Scafell Pike and requested MR assistance. It turned out the individual was Scafell, rather than Scafell Pike, and after requesting assistance from Duddon and Furness Read more

By John Bamforth, 6 yearsSun 5th Apr 2020 ago

Scafell Pike – Wed 11th Mar 2020

The second incident of the day was for an individual who went over on their ankle on their descent from Scafell Pike. This job came in just as we were deploying to the first incident and some team members diverted to assist the walker who was able to walk off Read more

By John Bamforth, 6 yearsSun 5th Apr 2020 ago

Scafell – Wed 11th Mar 2020

The first incident of the day was for someone reported missing on scafell after descending the wrong way from the summit and trying to retrace their route back up. The missing person was located cold and wet and escorted off the hill by team members.

By John Bamforth, 6 yearsSun 5th Apr 2020 ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sat 29th Feb 2020

A team member who was already on the hill was asked for help by a party whom had become seperated and were also struggling to cross Lingmell Gill at the bottom of the Brown Tongue path. Additional team members were deployed on scene, whom were able to help locate all Read more

By John Bamforth, 6 yearsSun 5th Apr 2020 ago

Corney Fell – Fri 28th Feb 2020

The team were asked by our neighbouring team Duddon & Furness MRT to help rescue the occupants of some vehicles which had become stranded near the summit of Corney Fell Pass. Three vehicles were deployed from the Eskdale side and helped the Duddon team bring down the occupants back to Read more

By John Bamforth, 6 yearsSun 5th Apr 2020 ago

Cumbria – Sat 15th Feb 2020

Storm Dennis Silver Support

By John Bamforth, 6 yearsSun 5th Apr 2020 ago

Pillar – Wed 1st Jan 2020

The team was alerted after 2 walkers had failed to return to their accommodation, this was quickly determined to be the same 2 rescued the previous night by Cockermouth.

By John Bamforth, 6 yearsSun 5th Apr 2020 ago

Calf Cove, Great End – Sat 21st Dec 2019

Last night the team were called by Cumbria Police regarding two walkers reported overdue by their families. As we had limited initial information to go on there was a period of information gathering which resulted in a callout for the team at 01:21hrs to search the paths to Scafell Pike. Read more

By Jon Lynch, 6 years ago

Hardknott Pass – Sun 1st Dec 2019

On Saturday afternoon the Team was asked by Cumbria Police to assist with a car stuck on Hardknott Pass due to ice. A small Team attended the incident and confirmed that the party were safe and well.

By Jon Lynch, 6 years ago

Wastwater Screes – Fri 29th Nov 2019

The Team assisted with an incident on Wasdale Screes.

By Jon Lynch, 6 yearsMon 9th Dec 2019 ago

Kern Knotts, Great Gable – Sun 24th Nov 2019

The team was called at 17:47 hrs by Cumbria Police for a pair of walkers lost in the dark on Great Gable. Their position was established by phonefind to be at the bad step on the New Styhead Path. After a few words of advice from the team leader over Read more

By Jon Lynch, 6 yearsMon 25th Nov 2019 ago

Little Narrowcove, Scafell Pike – Wed 20th Nov 2019

The team responded with a Limited Callout to reports of 3 walkers who had become lost after summiting Scafell Pike. They were located in the area of Upper Eskdale and walked back down to the roadside by Wasdale Team Members before being driven back round to Wasdale to their car.

By Jon Lynch, 6 yearsThu 21st Nov 2019 ago

Hollowstones, Scafell Pike – Sun 10th Nov 2019

After attending the Remembrance Day Memorial on Great Gable, the team were called to reports of a walker with a fractured wrist on the main path below Scafell Pike. Our Casualty Carers assessed and treated the casualty on scene before they were stretchered down to a waiting ambulance.

By Jon Lynch, 6 years ago

Scafell Pike – Wed 6th Nov 2019

The team responded with a Limited Callout to reports of three walkers who were unable to find the main path down off Scafell Pike. Weather conditions and visibility on the summit were challenging. The walkers were located sheltering on the summit by WMRT members and walked back down to Brackenclose Read more

By Jon Lynch, 7 yearsThu 7th Nov 2019 ago

Mitredale – Mon 4th Nov 2019

Team called by Police for two walkers who reported themselves disorientated within Mitredale Forest and in need of assistance. With position information from their phone it was determined they were on one of the forestry tracks near Great Bank and team vehicles were able to recover them back to the Read more

By John Bamforth, 7 yearsMon 4th Nov 2019 ago

Esk Hause – Sat 2nd Nov 2019

The team was called to help a group of three walkers lost descending Scafell Pike. Their location was determined using PhoneFind as below Esk Hause in Upper Eskdale. A group of team members made their way to the casualties’ location via Sty Head and escorted them back to Wasdale Head.

By Jon Lynch, 7 years ago

Details of Incidents Attended by WMRT