The man fell near the Douglas Boulder on Ben Nevis's North Face. Photo: Gareth James CC-BY-SA-2.0
A man was airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries in a fall on Ben Nevis’s North Face.
Police at Fort William were alerted shortly before noon today to reports of three hillwalkers in difficulty near the Douglas Boulder.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said they were informed one of the men, in his 40s, had fallen and had possible serious injuries.
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team was called out and a Sea King search and rescue helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth flew to the scene.
The man was treated at the site and then airlifted by the RAF helicopter to a waiting ambulance. The aircraft then returned to pick up the other two walkers from the site, near the bottom of Tower Ridge.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “The injured man has been taken to Belford Hospital where his condition is thought to be serious but not life threatening.”
Alan
04 October 2013We are are on a walking holiday at Fort WIlliam. Yesterday we had a day off, because the weather was terrible, heavy rain, wind and low cloud down to low treetops.
Saw the helicopter mid afternoon and thought it must be on a training exercise with the weather being so bad
We wish the walker a good recovery