SCOTLAND has been put on alert for avalanches after a heavy snow forecast sparked a danger warning.
The Scottish Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) issued a “considerable” avalanche warning.
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It warned that the chance of “snowslips” has increased from low to moderate in the Northern Cairngorms for Wednesday.
It forecasted a “glorious sunny day” but with “avalanches likely.”
The service warned that the snow layers were soft and walkers could trigger an avalanche if they were high enough up.
It added in the Instagram video that the soft spots were around “gullys” and “dropping into a gully”, claiming that by being careful these incidents can be avoided.
The warning is in place until 6 om on Wednesday, which follows the Met Office issuing a yellow weather alert for ice across parts of the country.
Midlothian, the Scottish Borders, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Moray, Fife, and Aberdeenshire are all under the yellow weather until it ends on Wednesday at 11 a.m.
It warned of travel disruptions and likely icy patches on the road, causing issues for drivers.
The Scottish Avalanche Information Service said: “Poorly bonded windslab is present but pretty much confined to just below coire rims and gully tops that face west.
“However it overlies a weak layer of weak grains and could be triggered on steep convex slopes 35 degrees or more.
“All change tomorrow with very strong gale force winds developing and piling snow onto the west through the north to the east aspects—a deep, unstable windslab with avalanches likely here.”