AN INJURED walker has been saved after members of the Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team used a ski tow to get up a hill.

Volunteers were called out to help Police Scotland in the Pentland Hills shortly before 6pm on Saturday (February 18).

The walker, who had an ankle injury, was close to the Hillend ski slope.

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But “foul weather” meant that a helicopter could not access the site.

A spokesperson from the Tweed Valley rescue team said: “Luckily the casualty was close to the Hillend ski slope and thanks to the ski centre staff our team members were able to use the ski tow to get up the hill.

“Once the casualty was on our stretcher the dry ski slope came into its own when we were able to use it to sledge the casualty down to the waiting ambulance at 8.30pm.”