Police have named the fourth victim to have died as a result of the avalanche in Glencoe on Saturday as Rachel Majumdar. Dr Majumdar, aged 29, was working at Harrogate District Hospital and living in Leeds although was originally from Merseyside.

Three of the four climbers killed in an avalanche on Bidean Nam Bian on Saturday have been named by police. They are Una Rachel Finnegan, 25, from County Antrim who was a junior doctor living in Edinburgh, Tom Chesters, 28, who was a PHD student at Hull University living in Leeds and 24-year-old Christopher Bell, from Balderstone near Blackburn in Lancashire, who was studying for a PHD in Ocean Mapping in Oban. A fifth climber, a 24-year-old woman from the Durham area, is in a critical condition in a Glasgow hospital with serious head injuries. The following Statement was released…

Queen’s View Visitor Centre is now closed for the winter but work will soon start to prepare the site for the ground works that make up the first part of the Visitor Centre refurbishment programme. Part of the preparations will include some felling work, which will take place over the winter, and site signage will soon be in place to remind people to keep out for their own safety. Hamish Murray, for the Commission’s team in Tay, said: “This is the start of the effort to refurbish the Visitor Centre so all things are go – but it’s important that…

The full programme for the 2013 Fort William Mountain Festival has now been announced. The line up includes speakers made up of top climbers, mountaineers and extreme sports men and women, together with adventure film screenings and mountain workshops. This year’s festival will be staged in and around Fort William from Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 February 2013. Mike Pescod, Chairman of the Highland Mountain Culture Association, organisers of the Festival, said: “The 2013 Fort William Mountain Festival is one of the most popular events in Scotland’s outdoor adventure calendar and everyone attending will be inspired, energized and entertained. This…

Ben Nevis in winter offers some of the world’s most challenging and renowned climbing, with many classic routes at different grades. This winter sees Fort William host the inaugural Scottish Winter Climbing Meet, organised by local mountain guides and instructors with the support of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland. The Meet will be held on 2 and 3 February with space for about 60 to 80 participants. The Scottish Winter Climbing Meet will be a celebration weekend of winter climbing and gives climbers a chance to meet, chat and climb together on an informal basis. It is hoped that this…

The search resumed at first light this morning (Saturday 29 December) for a 60 year old hillwalker who has been missing on the Isle of Skye since Thursday when a member of the public reported seeing a man fall in the Cuillin. Since then the Police have been co-ordinating an extensive search operation with members of the Skye Mountain Rescue Team and Search and Rescue Dogs. The search had to be called off late on Friday afternoon due to worsening weather conditions. The missing man’s family is being kept informed of the details of the search. UPDATE: Northern Constabulary have…