injured hillwalker Highlands

An Cabar, Ben Wyvis

Saturday, 30 December 2023

A hillwalker slid approximately 100 metres on An Cabar, a subsidiary summit of Ben Wyvis, and became immobilised on a steep snow slope. Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team, assisted by search dogs and a coastguard helicopter, located the casualty and carried them to safer terrain, from where they were airlifted to Raigmore Hospital.

Outcome: airlifted to hospital by coastguard helicopter

Responding team

Dundonnell MRT — team website ↗

Source

Hillwalker airlifted to hospital after 100-metre slide on Ross-shire mountain - Ross-shire Journal news · ross-shirejournal.co.uk

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