A hiker has been airlifted to hospital after a horror fall near the summit of a Munro in Skye.
The hillwalker had been scaling Sgùrr na Banachdich in the famous Cullin range on Tuesday before they plummeted by three metres.
Volunteers from Skye Mountain Rescue Team scrambled to the mountain after the alarm was raised at around 12.40pm.
But on arrival, the casualty was in an area under cloud cover, meaning mercy crews could not reach the injury by air.
Instead, 20 team members made their way to the incident on foot to carry the hiker via a stretcher back to safety.
It emerged they had sustained a fractured wrist, cuts and bruising from their fall.
Images from the incident show the rescue team scaling the mountain with their stretcher and setting off a flare as the air ambulance arrives to pick up the casualty.
They were flown to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness for treatment.
A statement from Skye Mountain Rescue Team reads: "At 12:39 we were contacted by the police after third party reports suggested someone had fallen and sustained multiple injuries.
"As more information emerged, it was apparent the casualty was in upper Coire Banachdich which unfortunately was under cloud cover and therefore out-with the reaches of the helicopter.
"Twenty members made their way on foot to the casualty who had fallen some 3m and sustained a colles fracture of their wrist as well as other cuts and bruising.
"After giving analgesia and splinting their injuries, the casualty was carefully packaged and then stretcher carried down the mountain, beneath cloud level and to a location where R948 was able to safely land.
"In worsening weather, the casualty was then airlifted on to Raigmore Hospital."
The Daily Record has approached the Scottish Ambulance Service for comment.
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