Ice picks: Avalanche risk forecasters' top shots

  • Published
Torridon
Image caption,

The Sportscotland Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) has started its latest season of avalanche risk forecasts. For the first time, SAIS is giving forecasts for Torridon in Wester Ross. Pictures by SAIS forecasters

Image caption,

A forecaster carries out an avalanche assessment in Torridon

Image caption,

Snow drifts at the Glenshee Ski Centre earlier in December

Image caption,

A stormy scene in the Northern Cairngorms

Image caption,

Snow-covered Creag Meagaidh, a Munro and one of the five long-established SAIS forecast areas

Image caption,

Sunshine breaks through cloud over Glencoe

Image caption,

Avalanche debris on Ben Nevis in Lochaber

Image caption,

A forecaster braves a snow storm in the Northern Cairngorms

Image caption,

A cross country skier enjoys calmer conditions in the Northern Cairngorms

Related internet links

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.