The walker made a 999 call from Ben Vorlich. Photo: Chris Townsend CC-BY-SA-2.0

A man was airlifted from a Highland mountain after injuring his leg.

Police said today’s initial emergency call from the walker on Ben Vorlich in Perthshire was truncated and gave rescuers little to go on.

A Central Scotland Police spokesperson said: “About 1.40pm today we received a brief 999 call.

“All that could be made out was “Ben Vorlich; broken leg.”

We tried to contact the person who made the call but couldn’t due to the poor mobile phone reception in the area.”

Killin Mountain Rescue Team was called out and a Royal Navy Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet in Ayrshire flew to the area.

The police spokesperson said: “About 2.30pm we received another 999 call from a person who had found the injured party.

“A roads policing crew were in Lochearnhead and were able to find a parked vehicle which suggested where the injured party had probably left from and assisted to pinpoint where he was likely to be.”

The helicopter crew spotted the 50-year-old Perth man about 2.55pm and winched him aboard and flew him to the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow.

The police spokesperson added: “[It] shows the problems we can have when we only receive very limited information.

“Mobile phones don’t always work in the mountains and should not be totally relied on.

“Hopefully the casualty will make a speedy recovery.”

The rescue was the second on Ben Vorlich in two days. Yesterday, two walkers were found safe and well on the 985m (3,232ft) munro after spending the night on the mountain.