3 Out Of 4 Avalanche Victims Named

A young woman who was seriously hurt in an avalanche which killed four of her friends remains in a critical condition in hospital.

The 24-year-old, from the Durham area, is being cared for at Glasgow's Southern General Hospital, where she was flown after initially being treated at Belford hospital in Fort William. 

She suffered severe head injuries in the avalanche, which struck at about 2pm on Saturday as the woman and five friends made their descent on Bidean Nam Bian in Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands. 

Police said this morning there was no change to her condition. 

PhD students Christopher Bell, 24, and Tom Chesters, 28, and 25-year-old junior doctor Una Finnegan were swept 1,000ft to their deaths as they made their way down the mountain. 

Another woman was also killed. Police have so far withheld her name to allow her family members to inform other relatives. 

One man survived by leaping from the collapsing sheet of snow and hammering an ice axe into firmer ground.