Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland (MRCofS)

“Deaths among walkers and climbers rose from 20 to 27 and non-mountaineering fatalities, which include vulnerable people, increased from 37 to 58.”

“According to the figures, Scottish rescue teams dealt with 558 call outs.”

“The committee's membership includes 28 mountain rescue teams and other organisations such as the RAF, Royal Navy, Search and Rescue Dog Association and Scottish Cave Rescue.”

“Last year, teams were called out on 402 occasions to deal with mountaineering incidents.”

“There were 27 fatalities, 228 people injured and in total assisted 560 people.”

“Teams were called out 156 times on non-mountaineering incidents.”

“There were 58 fatalities, 30 people injured and 157 assisted in total.”

“January saw the deaths of three climbers in an avalanche on Buchaille Etive Mor, near Glencoe.”

“Two Northern Ireland brothers - Eamonn Murphy, 61, of Carrickfergus and John Murphy, 63, of Portrush - died with Brian Murray of Monifeith, Tayside.”

“The following month two men who spent a night in atrocious weather conditions in the Cairngorms were found safe and well.”

“Chef Marcus Scott, 29, and a 22-year-old from Inverness did not manage to excavate a snow hole, but found shelter from the wind behind a rock.”

“Mountain rescue teams, search dogs and the RAF were involved in searches for the pair in the Highlands.”

“February also featured a hoax call-out after a climber stamped the word "help" in snow on a mountainside.”

“The letters on Slioch in Wester Ross were large enough to be seen by people five miles away in Kinlochewe, who contacted the emergency services.”

“Paul Manchester, 47, from Stalybridge, Cheshire, was later fined £600 after admitting a breach of the peace.”

“Mountain fatalities included three men killed in an avalanche near Glencoe.”