UK mountaineering groups working on avalanche messages

Twelve mountaineering organisations from across the UK are working together on making sure walkers and climbers have basic information on avalanches.

Eighteen snow slides triggered by human activity were recorded in Scotland’s mountains last winter.

Sportscotland Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) said that while the number was fewer than the previous season there were eight fatalities.

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