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Renewed appeal to help trace Brian Mcgillicuddy - Ben Nevis

Images of man wearing white helmet and sunglasses with snow background. Second image of man wearing blue jacket and light coloured trousers hiking on snow covered mountain.

We are continuing to appeal for information to help trace Brian Mcgillicuddy, 64, missing after failing to return from a planned hike on Ben Nevis on Thursday, 19 February, 2026.

He was last seen around 8.30am that day at the CIC Hut. He may have also been on Orion Face Direct.

Brian is described as 6ft 1ins tall, of slim build, with short grey/white hair. When last seen, he was wearing a white climbing helmet, a dark blue jacket, white jeans and blue and red gaiters.

Sergeant Gareth Ford said: “Extensive searches, involving specialist resources, are ongoing despite challenging conditions.

“We are not sure of Brian’s intended route, so I’m appealing to anyone who thinks they may have seen him, or someone matching the description, in the area on Thursday to come forward. Any information, no matter how small it may seem, could greatly assist our search teams.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 3544 of 19 February, 2026. 

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