A body believed to be a hiker who went missing three years ago on the UK’s highest mountain has been found.
Harvey Christian, from Cambridgeshire, was thought to have been on Ben Nevis in January 2023 when he went missing.
Though the body has yet to be identified, Police Scotland said it was thought to be 42-year-old Mr Christian and his family had been informed.
There are believed to be no suspicious circumstances.
The force said human remains were found on the south side of the mountain around 11.50am on Saturday.
After being reported missing on January 27, 2023, mountain rescue teams, a coastguard helicopter and a search and rescue dog team searched for Mr Christian in challenging conditions.
His car, a black Vauxhall Crossland X, was found parked in a layby in Glen Nevis after he went missing.
It was feared Mr Christian’s body had been buried under snow making it difficult to find.
Harvey Christian was believed to have been walking on Ben Nevis when he went missing in January 2023
Ben Nevis is the UK’s highest mountain, measuring 4,413ft
Ben Nevis usually attracts 160,000 people a year and Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team (MRT), which covers the UK’s highest mountain, answered a record 157 callouts in 2023, including five fatalities.
Lochaber MRT’s leader Iain Murray said in 2024 around three quarters of callouts were to 4,413ft Ben Nevis.
He said hikers should make sure they had enough warm clothing packed, spare batteries – and battery pack – as they get drained by the cold, a head torch or hand held torch – especially with the shorter hours of daylight – and not to use their mobile phone as a light, but use a torch.