A search is continuing in the Cairngorms for four teenage girls who were reported overdue while taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh expedition.
Four teenage girls who went missing overnight in the Cairngorms while taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh trek have been found safe and well.
They failed to arrive at a camp site near Loch Laggan on Friday night after hiking through the forests.
The youngsters, aged between 16 and 18, failed to arrive at a camp site near Loch Laggan on Friday night after hiking through the forests.
Two of the girls are aged 16, the other two are 18. BBC Scotland understands they are all pupils at Perth Academy.
A volunteer from the Duke of Edinburgh scheme said the girls, believed to be from Perth Academy, were well equipped.
A volunteer from the Duke of Edinburgh scheme said they were well equipped and they may have taken a wrong turn.
The search was hampered by poor weather overnight but resumed at first light.
The search was hampered by poor weather overnight.
Members of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and an RAF mountain rescue team had been looking for the girls in the area of Feagour near Kinloch Laggan.
Members of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and an RAF mountain rescue team are looking for the girls in the area of Feagour near Kinloch Laggan.
Rescuers are tracing the route that the girls were due to follow in the hope of finding them.
An RAF spokesman said: "We have the route that they were going to follow so that is a very good start as we can cover each part of that and hopefully there will be an innocent explanation."
