Three hillwalkers have been found dead after failing to return from a trip to Glencoe, Scotland.
Two men and a woman have been confirmed dead after an extensive search.
The alarm was raised just after 9.05pm on Saturday, August 5, when the group failed to return from Aonach Eagach Ridge.
According to Time and Date, the conditions were rainy and chilly for August, with highs of just 15C and lows of 5C overnight.
Glencoe and RAF mountain rescue teams were scrambled along with HM Coastguard.
But unfortunately, Police Scotland said the bodies were discovered during the search operation.
Pictured, Aonach Eagach Ridge which is is said to be one of the narrowest ridges on the British mainland
A major rescue operation was launched but unfortunately the walkers’ dead bodies were found (pictured, Coastguard rescue helicopter at Glencoe in 2019)
Aonach Eagach is said to be one of the narrowest ridges on the British mainland. Pictured, Glencoe on the map
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: ‘We were made aware of concern for a group of three hillwalkers who had not returned from the Aonach Eagach ridge in Glencoe shortly after 9.05pm on Saturday, August 5.
‘A search was carried out and the bodies of three people were found. HM Coastguard as well as Glencoe and RAF mountain rescue teams assisted with the recovery operation.
‘There do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.’
Aonach Eagach is said to be one of the narrowest ridges on the British mainland.
The ridge stretches east-west for several miles and includes two Munro summits – Sgùrr nam Fiannaidh at 967m (3,175 ft) high, and Meall Dearg at 952m (3,124 ft) high.
The ridge is very rocky and the route along it requires scrambling ability. The slopes to each side are extremely dangerous, with steep grass-and-scree slopes hiding even steeper slopes which end in cliffs on both north and south sides of the ridge.
It is one of the worst multiple fatalities involving hillwalkers from one incident in Scottish mountains
The coastguard helicopter from Inverness and mountain rescue teams assisted with the operation.
The helicopter from Prestwick provided further support to police and rescue teams Sunday morning.
It is one of the worst multiple fatalities involving hillwalkers from one incident in Scottish mountains.
A climber was airlifted to hospital after a fall on Aonach Eagach Ridge in July when he tumbled an unknown distance.
Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team were alerted after the alarm was raised around 1.30pm on July 9.
The Inverness-based search and rescue helicopter airlifted the climber to the care of the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team at Torlundy.
He was taken to Belford Hospital in Fort William.
In September a climber died after falling more than 650 feet on the mountain.
The 36-year-old man was near the top of the Aonach Eagach Ridge when a rock he went to grip gave way.
A few days earlier the body of a man who went missing almost a year earlier was found in a gully near Aonach Eagach Ridge.
According to Time and Date, the conditions were rainy and chilly for August, with highs of just 15C and lows of 5C overnight
Alan Taylor, 57, had been missing from Dundee since September 2021.
Britain’s worst mountaineering disaster happened on November 20, 1971.
Five teenage school pupils and their 18-year-old guide froze to death on the Cairngorm plateau, one of the highest and most inhospitable places in Britain.
In total 14 Edinburgh students and their three leaders set off on a school climbing expedition in the Cairngorms.
But it was to be a trip steeped in tragedy. It came to be known as the ‘Cairngorm Plateau disaster’, Britain’s worst mountaineering accident, which left six dead, two fighting for their lives, and many more scared, scarred and heartbroken.
The group of 14 teenagers set off from Ainslie Park School in East Pilton with the school’s outdoor instructor Ben Beattie, who at just 23 was the oldest of the group, and his 21-year-old girlfriend Catherine Davidson in sole charge.
The fatal accident inquiry was held in Banff in February 1972.
It was revealed that the consent forms issued to parents did not say there would be winter mountaineering.
It concluded parents should in future get more information about expeditions, called for the establishment of a better training and certification regime for instructors, and recommended that experts should advise on whether high-level shelters should be removed to stop people relying on them in emergencies.
