Wrynose Pass

Incident Report #74 2012

74
Sun, 7th October 2012, 15:38
A team dog handler and Deputy Team Leader was returning from a training event in the Duddon valley, along with several other dog handlers, when he encountered a serious cycling accident on Wrynose Pass. A male had crashed at high speed, suffering serious head, facial and other injuries. He was stabilised while waiting for further help to arrive. The team was dispatched, and air ambulance was requested.
Man Hours: 
10 team members for 2.5 hours
Unique Incident ID: 
3030

Incident Report #30 2012

30
Mon, 14th May 2012, 15:58
While already dealing with the previous incident, we were requested to attend a man suffering from 'head pain' (not the most revealing of information!). A couple of team members were dispatched in an initial response, and more help was requested from Kendal MRT. During our response, we were notified that the casualty had been picked up by air ambulance.
Man Hours: 
5 team members for 1 hour
Unique Incident ID: 
2986

Incident Report #101 2011

101
Wed, 14th December 2011, 19:31
A man was reported stuck in his car in snow, high on Wrynose Pass. Two team members attended the vehicle, discovering it empty with a note stating that the occupant had gone to stay in a hotel.. A vehicle was stuck behind it. At the time of writing the road is impassable, due in part to snow, but also because the two cars are blocking it...
Man Hours: 
2 team members for 2 hours
Unique Incident ID: 
2952

Incident Report #66 2011

66
Sun, 14th August 2011, 14:23
A mountain biker was reported as having fallen off his bike on Wrynose Pass. We responded, along with air ambulance. We were stood down on route, once it was established that they had reached him and didn't need our help.
Man Hours: 
13 team members for 1 hour
Unique Incident ID: 
2916

Incident Report #7 2011

7
Mon, 31st January 2011, 08:24

We were requested by police to recover the occupants of a car that had skidded on to it's roof on an ice covered road. They were uninjured. We also assisted the police in recovering their vehicle after it became stranded in similar conditons

Man Hours: 
4 team members for 3 hours
Unique Incident ID: 
2857

Incident Report #86 2010

86
Wed, 4th August 2010, 23:00

We were requested to assist Wasdale MRT with a search for group overdue from Scafell. The search was in it's early stages when we got a message confirming that they had turned up.

Man Hours: 
3 team members for 1 hour
Unique Incident ID: 
2771

Incident Report #6 2010

6
Mon, 4th January 2010, 22:40

A young couple trying to get to Eskdale to celebrate a birthday became stranded on Wrynose Pass, while following a sat-nav. Fresh snow was falling on an ice covered road,

Unique Incident ID: 
2686

Incident Report #96 2008

96
Fri, 12th December 2008, 08:30

Two occupants of a car who had been trapped by snow and ice overnight were recovered to Ambleside. Sat-nav said yes, but weather and road conditions failed to communicate their disagreement to aforementioned electronic device.

Man Hours: 
5
Unique Incident ID: 
2517

Incident Report #107 2004

107
Sun, 26th December 2004, 16:45

The occupants of a car phoned the Police when they became stuck on an ice-covered Wrynose Pass. They were concerned that they couldn't get down. A vehicle was dispatched to assist them, but we couldn't find them. It transpired that they had got down the pass by themselves and were making their way to Lancaster. We returned home.
 

Unique Incident ID: 
2102

Incident Report #3 2002

3
Thu, 3rd January 2002, 12:47

We were requested by the Police to go and recover two people who had got their car stuck on Wrynose Pass in icy conditions. They claimed not to have seen the 'Road Closed' signs and became stuck on ice near the top. The recovery was hampered by a number of other cars abandoned and blocking the road.
 

Unique Incident ID: 
1843
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