The team was called out to help rescue a family group who’d become lost on Scafell Pike. They were located near to the top of Piers Gill then walked back to Wasdale by team members.
Incident started at 16:18 and ended at 23:02 making 6.7 hrs in total. There were 16 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 213079 (altitude 701 m). Total rescuer hours: 107
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