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Lake District: Walkers rescued ‘waist-deep’ from snowy Scafell Pike

An amber weather warning for snow has been in force for much of Cumbria since 21:00 on Saturday.

Mr Warren said the five men completed the summit but got lost on the way down.

“It was quite a serious incident,” he said.

“They were lucky to survive.”

The men had used an iPhone emergency system that can send an SOS via satellite when off-grid with no mobile or Wi-Fi coverage.

“I think they’ve learnt a lesson,” Mr Warren said.

“It could have ended up as another tragedy for the Lake District.”

Mr Warren said it was not the day for going on the mountains.

He said there had been five emergency calls handled by the mountain rescue teams in the area.

“We’re asking people to be responsible,” he added.


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