Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team

Two rescue teams in search after Glencoe avalanche

Mountain rescuers are searching an area near the Glencoe ski centre on Meall a’ Bhùiridh after an avalanche.

30 March 2013

Injured walkers airlifted after fall on Stob Coire Easain

Two walkers were airlifted to hospital after falling in the Highlands. The men were walking on Stob Coire Easain near Loch Treig about 1pm yesterda...

28 March 2013

Police name Jim Jack as walker found dead on Glenfinnan peak Streap

Police have named the walker whose body was found on a Highland mountain on Saturday. Jim Jack, of Airdrie in North Lanarkshire, was found by rescu...

25 March 2013

Three Ben Nevis climbers rescued after spending 18 hours on Tower Ridge

Three men were rescued from Britain’s highest mountain after spending more than 18 hours on a ridge.

17 March 2013

Rescuers use smartphone to aid blizzard walkers lost on Stob a’ Choire Mheadhoin

Two walkers lost in a blizzard on a Highland mountain were guided to safety by rescuers using smartphone technology.

27 January 2013

Climber dies after fall from Ben Nevis's Tower Ridge

A climber has died after falling from a route on Ben Nevis’s North Face. Police were alerted at 11.10am today and Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team w...

26 January 2013

24-year-old woman remains in critical condition after Glencoe avalanche

A woman who was caught in the avalanche on a Glencoe mountain is in a critical condition in hospital.

20 January 2013

Glencoe climbers feared dead after major avalanche on Bidean nam Bian

A number of climbers are feared dead after an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands. The party of six was caught by the major avalanche in the Centra...

19 January 2013

Walker rescued after sheltering overnight on Ben Nevis

A walker was rescued after spending the night on top of Britain’s highest mountain. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team was alerted yesterday evening t...

20 December 2012

Climber airlifted to hospital after injury on Ben Nevis North Face

A climber was airlifted from Britain’s highest mountain after falling on a winter route. The man was climbing on Minus Two Gully on the North Fac...

30 March 2013

Family of Jim Jack, whose body was found on Streap, thanks rescuers

The family of a walker whose body was found on a Highland mountain have thanked rescuers. James Jack, known as Jim, was reported missing in the Gle...

26 March 2013

Rescuers find man's body on Streap in western Highlands

A man has died on a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Police said the body of a 57-year-old man was recovered from the Streap area, north-east of...

24 March 2013

Climber dies after fall from Ben Nevis North Face

A climber has died after falling on Britain’s highest mountain. The man fell about 50m (165ft) from Raeburn’s Buttress on the North Face of Ben...

26 February 2013

Climber who died after fall from Ben Nevis ridge named as Ben St Joseph

Police have named the man who died after falling more than 300ft from Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis. Ben St Joseph, 22, of Essex, fell into Tower Gully ...

27 January 2013

Avalanche victim Chris Bell's friends raise £10,000 with planned bike race

A friend of one of the four hillwalkers killed in the avalanche in Glencoe at the weekend will take part in a gruelling mountain-biking marathon in his memory.

22 January 2013

Police: all Bidean nam Bian avalanche climbers located

Police said all members of the group caught in the avalanche on Bidean nam Bian have been located. A Northern Constabulary spokesperson said they w...

19 January 2013

Injured Ben Nevis walker airlifted to hospital

A walker was airlifted from Britain’s highest mountain after injuring himself. The 31-year-old man called 999 about 4pm after he slipped and inju...

08 January 2013

Police warn climbers of short daylight after Ben Nevis and Cairngorms rescues

Police in the Highlands appealed to hillgoers to remember the shorter daylight hours at this time of year after two rescues, one of which was carried out in darkness.

19 December 2012

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