Scotland's latest avalanche season has been wound up after recording the lowest number of snow slides in its almost 40-year history.
Six mountain areas – Lochaber, Glen Coe, Creag Meagaidh, Torridon and Northern and Southern Cairngorms – are monitored for avalanche risk from between mid-December to mid-April.
The Scottish Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) has posted a provisional figure of 42 for the season, with its team describing snow conditions this winter as "lean".
SAIS recorded 172 avalanches last season. Its highest recorded number, 350, was reported in 2013-14.
Co-ordinator Mark Diggins told BBC Scotland News in February that for the first time in nearly 20 years there had been periods during the latest season when SAIS had issued no daily avalanche hazard reports because snow was so scarce.
