Four survive avalanche.(News)

FOUR climbers cheated death last night after surviving an avalanche on Britain's highest mountain.

The alarm was raised by one of the men via mobile phone following the near disaster on Ben Nevis, near Fort William.

Terry Confield, team leader of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team who co-ordinated the rescue, said the men were in two separate groups.

'The top party triggered off an avalanche which took them sweeping down the gully and took another two climbers with them,' he said. 'Fortunately they all came out on top of the avalanche.'

An RAF helicopter from Lossiemouth airlifted the men to hospital in Fort William.

The men, who have not been named, suffered head and facial injuries and bruised limbs. Their conditions were not life-threatening, but Mr Confield said they were lucky to be alive.

'Anybody who comes out on top of an avalanche is fortunate,' he said. 'The four could have been covered in snow and no-one would have known they were there.'

Four survive avalanche.(News)

FOUR climbers cheated death last night after surviving an avalanche on Britain's highest mountain.

The alarm was raised by one of the men via mobile phone following the near disaster on Ben Nevis, near Fort William.

Terry Confield, team leader of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team who co-ordinated the rescue, said the men were in two separate groups.

'The top party triggered off an avalanche which took them sweeping down the gully and took another two climbers with them,' he said. 'Fortunately they all came out on top of the avalanche.'

An RAF helicopter from Lossiemouth airlifted the men to hospital in Fort William.

The men, who have not been named, suffered head and facial injuries and bruised limbs. Their conditions were not life-threatening, but Mr Confield said they were lucky to be alive.

'Anybody who comes out on top of an avalanche is fortunate,' he said. 'The four could have been covered in snow and no-one would have known they were there.'

Four survive avalanche.(News)

FOUR climbers cheated death last night after surviving an avalanche on Britain's highest mountain.

The alarm was raised by one of the men via mobile phone following the near disaster on Ben Nevis, near Fort William.

Terry Confield, team leader of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team who co-ordinated the rescue, said the men were in two separate groups.

'The top party triggered off an avalanche which took them sweeping down the gully and took another two climbers with them,' he said. 'Fortunately they all came out on top of the avalanche.'

An RAF helicopter from Lossiemouth airlifted the men to hospital in Fort William.

The men, who have not been named, suffered head and facial injuries and bruised limbs. Their conditions were not life-threatening, but Mr Confield said they were lucky to be alive.

'Anybody who comes out on top of an avalanche is fortunate,' he said. 'The four could have been covered in snow and no-one would have known they were there.'

Four survive avalanche.(News)

FOUR climbers cheated death last night after surviving an avalanche on Britain's highest mountain.

The alarm was raised by one of the men via mobile phone following the near disaster on Ben Nevis, near Fort William.

Terry Confield, team leader of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team who co-ordinated the rescue, said the men were in two separate groups.

'The top party triggered off an avalanche which took them sweeping down the gully and took another two climbers with them,' he said. 'Fortunately they all came out on top of the avalanche.'

An RAF helicopter from Lossiemouth airlifted the men to hospital in Fort William.

The men, who have not been named, suffered head and facial injuries and bruised limbs. Their conditions were not life-threatening, but Mr Confield said they were lucky to be alive.

'Anybody who comes out on top of an avalanche is fortunate,' he said. 'The four could have been covered in snow and no-one would have known they were there.'