- Incident
- 109 in 2016
- Type
- Full Callout — Overdue
- Location
- Scafell Pike
- Other Agencies
- Duddon & Furness MRT, Keswick MRT, Langdale Ambleside MRT
The team was called out with Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team, Keswick Mountain Rescue Team and Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team to search for five missing members of a very large group on Scafell Pike. They were found just before midnight by Keswick team members near the footbridge below Styhead Tarn. Conditions were cold with a bitter wind.
Incident started at 18:40 and ended at 01:57 making 7.3 hrs in total. There were 16 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 223 102 (altitude 424 m). Total rescuer hours: 117
