A man has died after falling on the UK's highest mountain, police have confirmed.
A climber who was killed in a fall on the UK's highest mountain on Saturday has been formally identified.
Northern Constabulary said it received a report at 11:00 of a person falling at Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis.
Northern Constabulary said the man was 22-year-old Ben St Joseph from Essex.
Lochaber Mountain Rescue responded to the call and a helicopter from Prestwick was dispatched.
It is understood he had been climbing alone on Ben Nevis when he fell about 100 metres (330ft) from Tower Ridge into a gully below.
It is understood the man, who was from England and is thought to have been in his 20s, had been climbing alone when he fell 300ft into a gully below.
The alarm was raised at 11:00 on Saturday by a group of climbers who were in the area at the time and saw him fall.
The alarm was raised by a group of climbers who were in the area at the time and saw him fall.
A report on the incident is being submitted to the procurator fiscal.
A spokesman for Northern Constabulary said: "A male climber fell from Tower Ridge into Tower Gully, Ben Nevis.
"Lochaber Mountain Rescue were contacted and with the assistance of Royal Navy Search and Rescue the male was rescued from Tower Gully, however, he had sustained fatal injuries.
"He is believed to have fallen a distance of about 100 metres."
Tower Ridge is one of several rocky ridges protruding north west from the summit plateau of the 1,344m (4,409ft) mountain in the Grampians.
Tower Ridge is one of several rocky ridges protruding north west from the summit plateau of the 1,344m (4,409ft) mountain in the Grampians.
Meanwhile, emergency services were called to hills near Roybridge, north of Fort William, on Saturday evening after reports that two walkers had got lost in bad weather.
The incidents come exactly a week after four climbers lost their lives in an avalanche in Glencoe, also in the Scottish Highlands.
