The team was called by North Yorkshire Police to a missing three peaks walker who had got seperated from his friends on the descent from Ingleborough. Whilst the controllers were making initial enquiries and meeting with the reporting party to get more details about their route the missing walker turned up safe and well. Volunteer hours: 1
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INCIDENT 39/2025. MAY 1ST THU. 22.26hrs Nr HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Four Three Peaks walkers reported themselves lost on the descent from Ingleborough to Horton in Ribblesdale. Initial attempts to pinpoint their location with W3W and phone find were unsuccessful due to limited phone coverage, however they were able to provide a grid reference which enabled their location to be established. As the team started to assemble the lost party were able to locate the path and continue their journey safely.…
INCIDENT 33/2025. APR 24th THU. 22.56hrs Nr NICK POT SHOOTING HUT, AUSTWICK, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Two Three Peaks walkers (f, 23; f, 22) reported themselves benighted near the ruinous Nick Pot shooting hut on the route from Ingleborough to Horton in Ribblesdale. The battery of one of their mobile phones was completely flat and the other was failing rapidly; they were using it as a torch, to find their way over a rough section of the path. Two team members drove up Crummackdale and to…
INCIDENT 72/2024. SEPTEMBER 25th WED. 19.23 hrs. CLAPHAM BOTTOMS, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
Three Three Peaks walkers (all m) took the wrong route off the Ingleborough summit plateau and descended to Gaping Gill in thick cloud and ‘horizontal rain’, rather than the path to Horton in Ribblesdale. They were wet, cold and unable to complete their walk, having been walking for almost twelve hours. As CRO members responded, PhoneFind placed the walkers just North of Trow Gill, going on to Clapham Bottoms. They…