INCIDENT 62/2023 JUL. 25th TUES. 17:13 DEEPDALE SIDE, DEEPDALE, DENT, CUMBRIA – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

Cumbria Police requested CRO’s assistance for two young hillwalkers, in separate parties at different locations but part of the same large group, who were going in and out of consciousness.  Initial information was limited but placed both parties on the Deepdale side of Whernside.  Team members located the casualties, assessed them, and brought them down off the hill for further assessment by our colleagues at NWAS and YAS.  While this…

Incident 80/2016 – Sep. 17th Sat. 22.46 – Whernside, Cumbria – Mountain Rescue.

A party of 5 young people (m x 3, f x 2), reported themselves lost, to their expedition support adult leader, whilst descending from the summit of Whernside to Deepdale, near Dent. This was just as CRO were returning from incident number 79. CRO worked in partnership with Kendal Mountain Rescue Team to plan and commence a search. As the search was getting underway, the lost party were found by another of the expedition’s…