The Storr, Skye. Photo: Torsten Henning

A man has died after falling from a Hebridean mountain.

Jan Vermeiren fell about 180m (600ft) from The Storr on Skye after camping at the summit of the hill.

The incident happened shortly before 9am yesterday when 25-year-old Mr Vermeiren, of Wommelgem, Belgium, was packing up camp on the 719m (2,359ft) hill on the Trotternish peninsula.

Skye Mountain Rescue Team was joined by the Stornoway Coastguard helicopter in a search in poor visibility for the fallen camper.

He was found after a search of various gullies on the hill lasting three hours and taken to the Portree helipad but pronounced dead there.

Police Scotland said a report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal and Mr Vermeiren’s family has been informed.

He was with three friends from Belgium tackling the Trotternish Ridge, a 37km (23-mile) route running from the North of the peninsula to Portree. It is believed he fell after trying to retrieve a piece of equipment that had blow away.