The team received a call from Cumbria Police yesterday evening about a walker who had slipped, injured their ankle and could not continue. The location via Phonefind was near to Stonesty Pike in Moasdale, which confirmed that they were in Langdale Ambleside MRT’s area. However they were already tasked on Read more…
A call was received by the police about a group of 10 who had reportedly gone up Scafell or Scafell Pike and not been heard of after 13.00 hours. The original larger group had got split up the evening before, some ending up at Ambleside MRT base because of the Read more…
Cumbria police declared a major incident. All the lake district mountain rescue teams were on alert, some teams have had multiple callouts in a short space of time. Had they been struggling for resources, the other teams would have stepped in to help. The “silver†alert is ongoing as the Read more…
Langdale & Ambleside MRT Team Leader informed Wasdale MRT Team Leader that a party of six mountain bikers had been reported overdue. The intended route was to travel from Windermere to Wasdale Head via road and Fell. The informant, a family member, had been waiting at the Wasdale Head Inn Read more…
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