Police believe there are at least two serious casualties following an avalanche in Glencoe in the Highlands.
Two climbers swept away by an avalanche in the Highlands have died, police have confirmed.
Rescue teams were scrambled to Curved Ridge, on the north east face of Buchaille Etive Mor at about 1645 GMT.
The bodies of two men were recovered by a Mountain Rescue team from the Buchaille Etive Mor area of Glencoe.
Northern Constabulary said it has the hallmarks of a serious incident and that many people were out walking.
The men, who have not yet been named, were swept up in the avalanche at about 1645 GMT.
The avalanche hazard in parts of Glencoe was high and the police had warned climbers to check the latest avalanche information service reports.
The Glencoe incident was the second suspected avalanche in Scotland on Wednesday, after a man was injured on the north face of Ben Nevis.
In January last year three men were killed in an avalanche on Buchaille Etive Mor.
Earlier on Wednesday a climber in the area known as the Organ Pipes on Ben Nevis was seriously injured.
The man required medical attention on the mountain before being flown to hospital in Fort William and subsequently, to Glasgow's Southern General Hospital.
