The partner of a walker who was overdue returning from a walk with friends up Scafell Pike contacted the police to raise the alarm. However, very shortly after the Team Leader started to make enquiries the group turned up back at their vehicle safe and sound and the team were Read more…
The Team was called to a party of six walkers at the summit of Ill Crag after one of the party became ill. Due to the remote location and prevailing weather conditions, assistance from the Coastguard helicopter, Rescue 936 was gratefully received. They assisted by transporting two team members up Read more…
Whilst descending off Scafell Pike summit a party of walkers became disorientated in the darkness. Due to the unfamiliar terrain, the darkness and the deteriorating weather conditions, the party decided to call for help. After several attempts the Team Leader was able to make contact with the lost party and Read more…
Whilst descending off Scafell Pike summit a couple of walkers became disorientated in low cloud. Due to the terrain and the sudden temperature drop, the couple decided to call for help. During the original 999 call the Police asked the couple if they could see any others in the vicinity Read more…
Two walkers reported themselves lost on the descent from Scafell Pike. They were very wet and cold but not injured. Their location was established through Phone Find. As they had no torches and very limited battery life on their phones, it was not possible to talk them off, so a Read more…
As the team was returning to base from the previous callout, a further call was received requesting help from two walkers who were lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader used Phone Find to determine their initial location, and then provided guidance to enable them to safely walk themselves down Read more…
The team was alerted by Cumbria Police regarding two males who needed assistance after spending an unplanned night on the fell. One was struggling in particular due to a leg injury and was becoming very cold. Due to the risks to the casualties, remote location and the potential for a Read more…
We were alerted by Cumbria Police regarding two walkers who had become lost whilst descending Scafell Pike. The team were deployed and the couple were located initially by the Team’s search dog, Jess, in Great Moss before being walked back to safety.
A walker came across two other walkers unable to continue as one had a leg problem. Initially, not enough team members were available for a stretcher carry, and the terrain is very difficult in all directions, so a helicopter was requested to assist. The plan was to lift team members Read more…
Two walkers found themselves lost whilst descending from the summit of Scafell Pike. Mobile phone reception was poor with only one of two mobiles working. However, a 999 call was able to be connected and initial contact was made by WMRT Team Leader. The Team Leader was able to 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…
A walker sustained an ankle injury on the summit of Great Gable. Due to the risk of  team members being injured because of the high winds, a coastguard helicopter was requested. We are very thankful that they attended, and took the casualty to hospital. Our team members did not need Read more…
The team were alerted by Cumbria Police regarding a concerned relative who had themselves received a distress call from a party of two walkers attempting to climb Scafell Pike. There was reference to a stretcher box, so team members were tasked with searching routes close to Sty Head and also Read more…
The team were alerted by Cumbria Police regarding two males that were overdue returning from a walk up Scafell Pike, that had been called in by a concerned relative. Fortunately they turned up at a farm in Upper Eskdale and the team did not need to mobilise. Keswick MRT assisted Read more…
As the previous job was being passed over a second alert came in for a group of four lost when descending Scafell Pike. After many attempts the team leader pinpointed their location using phone find. They were then given a bearing to walk off Lingmell safely and talked down. A Read more…
We were alerted by a passing walker of whistle sounds coming from the calf Cove area. As this was not in our patch it was passed onto Keswick MRT who kindly resolved the situation.
The team was called out to assist Duddon & Furness MRT in their search for a vulnerable missing person. The person was found by a search dog not long after deployment. A good outcome.
We were alerted by Cumbria Police about a lone walker needing help to navigate down from the summit of Red Pike. The Team Leader made some enquiries, after which it was established that he was located on the Ennerdale Red Pike, not the Wasdale one! The callout was then handed Read more…
We were alerted by Cumbria Police about 2 walkers who were struggling to make progress whilst descending due to a sole of a boot becoming partially detached, plus nightfall arriving. As they were intending to walk down towards Borrowdale, Keswick Mountain Rescue Team kindly agreed to send a small group Read more…