- Incident
- 18 in 2025
- Type
- Full Callout — Lost
- Location
- Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Cloudy Summits, Cold, Mist, Rain
- Other Agencies
- Cumbria Police
- Tagged
- Lost
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 walkers became lost with no head torches and called for help.
A Phonefind located the walker at Lingmell Col, but the accuracy from the initial police call coordinates gave a reasonably wide search radius for the one higher up. Faced with the possibility of a search in poor conditions further help was requested from Duddon And Furness MRT.
The team were able to locate the walker at Lingmell Col in the location expected. The second walker was also found after a brief search, however, was very cold and wet. Fortunately after a change of clothes and some rewarming he was able to also walk off back to Brackenclose to be reunited with his walking partner.
Some lessons were learned by the walkers, after setting off very late in the day. Thanks to Duddon and Furness MRT for their support once again.
Incident started at 18:56 and ended at 01:38 making 6.7 hrs in total. There were 18 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 211077. Total rescuer hours: 121
