#Latest news with #NorthernMountainRescueTeamBBC News18-02-2025ClimateBBC NewsThird avalanche rescue in days in CairngormsVolunteer mountain rescuers have gone to the aid of climbers caught by three avalanches in as many days in the Northern Mountain Rescue Team (CMRT) said on Tuesday three climbers had to be rescued before two more in a later incident in Coire an t-Sneachda - Coire of the teams in the area at the time assisted in treating and evacuating the area after the avalanches, which were triggered by human mountaineers were injured on Sunday in the same area after an overhanging ledge of snow - called a cornice - collapsed, resulting in an avalanche. Cairngorm ski centre staff also assisted in the rescue Scottish Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) said earlier this month that Scotland's latest avalanche season was one of its most unusual in its almost 40-year said there had been periods of no snow, and others when conditions had changed urged outdoor enthusiasts to check avalanche and weather forecasts and to be adequately skilled and equipped for winter conditions.
BBC News18-02-2025ClimateBBC NewsThird avalanche rescue in days in CairngormsVolunteer mountain rescuers have gone to the aid of climbers caught by three avalanches in as many days in the Northern Mountain Rescue Team (CMRT) said on Tuesday three climbers had to be rescued before two more in a later incident in Coire an t-Sneachda - Coire of the teams in the area at the time assisted in treating and evacuating the area after the avalanches, which were triggered by human mountaineers were injured on Sunday in the same area after an overhanging ledge of snow - called a cornice - collapsed, resulting in an avalanche. Cairngorm ski centre staff also assisted in the rescue Scottish Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) said earlier this month that Scotland's latest avalanche season was one of its most unusual in its almost 40-year said there had been periods of no snow, and others when conditions had changed urged outdoor enthusiasts to check avalanche and weather forecasts and to be adequately skilled and equipped for winter conditions.
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