Trio of Missing Hikers Who Set Out on Treacherous Ridge in Scottish Highlands Found Dead

Trio of Missing Hikers Who Set Out on Treacherous Ridge in Scottish Highlands Found Dead
The Scottish Highlands in 2017. Brian Melley/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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GLEN COE, Scotland—The bodies of three missing hikers were recovered from a mountain in the Scottish Highlands after they didn’t return from a notoriously difficult scramble on one of the narrowest ridge crests in Britain, police said Monday.

The trio set out Saturday in Glen Coe to hike the Aonach Eagach, a 6-mile (10-kilometer) knife-edge ridge that tops out at 3,600 feet (1,100 meters) and has precipitous drops. A search began after sunset when they didn’t return, Police Scotland said.