Halton Gill

INCIDENT 81/2023 SEP. 16th SAT. 13.56 ON DESCENT FROM PEN Y GHENT TO BRACKENBOTTOM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

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A walker (f, 48) twisted an ankle very badly while descending the upper tier of rock at ‘the sharp end’ of Pen y ghent, so that she was unable to continue. With the cloud base at about 530m (the level of the junction of the Dale Head and Brackenbottom paths), faster team members ran up to assess the casualty and provide re-assurance for the family group, while other members carried…

INCIDENT 60/2023 JUL. 17th MON. 21.07 PEN Y GHENT and PLOVER HILL (HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE and HALTON GILL), NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

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A pair of novice hill-walkers (m,32?;  f,32?) set off to walk up Pen y ghent at 16.30. They called for help as they became lost while trying to descend to Horton in Ribblesdale. The team’s PhoneFind confirmed that they were on the West side of Plover Hill, above the broken line of crags. They were asked to walk up-hill and turn right at the wall towards the Pen y ghent…