Being male and on your phone are biggest dangers on Scottish mountains, says expert

Data covering seven-year period up to the start of 2019 shows that women accounted for only 10 of 114 fatalities

Being male, unable to look beyond your mobile phone and unfamiliar with the avalanche forecast: these are critical risk factors on Scotland's mountains, according to the country's foremost female climbing expert.

Heather Morning, who took up her post as chief instructor at Glenmore Lodge, Scotland's national outdoor training centre, earlier this month, is urging visitors to think winter" this springtime, as Police Scotland revealed on Friday that mountain rescues are up 40% in recent weeks, with climbers misreading treacherous conditions on the peaks. Seven people have died on the hills this month alone.