Search resumes for hill walker missing in Aberdeenshire

Searches have resumed for a hill walker who has been missing for two nights in bad conditions.

Author: Clyde NewsPublished 28th Jan 2018
Last updated 28th Jan 2018

Mountain rescue teams were called out on Friday evening to try and trace a 65-year-old man who failed to return from a walk on Lochnagar, a mountain near Braemar in Aberdeenshire.

Braemar and Aberdeen Mountain Rescue teams and the Coastguard Rescue 951 helicopter have faced blizzards and gusts of up to 100mph in their efforts to locate the man.

Searches were stood down overnight and resumed at first light