Two people are in a serious condition after being taken to hospital following an avalanche in the Highlands.
A search and rescue operation was launched after the avalanche in the Creag Meagaidh area of north Lochaber, northeast of Fort William.
Emergency services were called at 3.15pm on Wednesday afternoon.
A coastguard helicopter, several mountain rescue teams and search and rescue dogs were all scrambled to the area, around 19 miles northeast of Ben Nevis.
The two injured people were flown out by the helicopter and picked up by ambulances in Fort William.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman confirmed: "We received an emergency call to attend reports of an avalanche and have taken two patients to the local Belford Hospital.
"Both are in a serious condition."
Tim Newton and Rachel Slater have been missing since Monday
It is not known whether the two injured people are male or female and their ages have not been revealed.
The helicopter was diverted from an existing search for two missing climbers, Rachel Slater and Tim Newton.
The couple, aged 24 and 27, went missing while climbing Ben Nevis at the weekend.
Concerns were raised about the pair – from the Bradford area – on Monday afternoon.
The climbers' tent. Pic: Lochaber Mountain Rescue
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team said on its Facebook page that the search conditions were "very challenging".
"80/90mph winds with windchill giving temperature which feels like -20C," it said.
Thirty-six people were on the search team.
Ms Slater and Mr Newton were sleeping in a green tent and wearing climbing gear similar to that in the photograph supplied of them.
Both are described as very experienced climbers.
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