Rescuers say a Russian woman was lucky to survive after spending the night in freezing conditions on Ben Nevis.

The woman was reported missing late on Thursday evening and Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team started a search, despite her having phoned her boyfriend earlier to say she was off the hill.

She was found at 1.30pm near the Allt Coire Eoghainn with a badly broken leg. An RAF helicopter from Lossimouth evacuated her to Belford Hospital in Fort William. She was later transferred to Raigmore Hospital, Inverness.