A fresh avalanche warning has been issued in the Pentland Hills after bad weather caused massive snow drifts last week.
The Pentland Hills Regional Park took to social media to warn of a risk of avalanches in the area after another had been reported on the Caerketton hill.
Last Thursday, Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team said people could be 'buried' by the massive snow drifts and shared a picture on social media of an avalanche on Turnhouse hill taken from Penicuik.
Two weather warnings for snow have been issued across Scotland today as forecasters anticipate around eight inches to blanket some parts of the country from tomorrow.
The first yellow warning has been put in place for the majority of southern Scotland from 4am on Thursday.
Experts say that around 15cm of snow could fall in areas of higher ground over an 11-hour period.
Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Edinburgh and Dumfries and Galloway are among the areas expected to be mostly impacted by the conditions.
The Pentland Hills Regional Park wrote on Facebook today that thawing snow could cause more risk.
They wrote: "Avalanche risk‼️
"Update: Another avalanche has been reported on the East side of Caerketton.
"We have received a report of an avalanche on Caerketton this morning.
"With the thaw setting in there is an increased risk of avalanche across the hills."
After the mountain rescue team had warned about the avalanche risk last week they were given donations from supporters for cutting edge kit to deal with the snowfall.
They now have new avalanche transceivers and shared pictures of a recent avalanche on the hills.
The group wrote on Facebook: "This slab avalanche occurred on Hart Fell at an altitude of around 800 metres above sea level and located East of Moffat.
"The cause of the avalanche was probably due to a rise in temperature and the release point was on the convex part of the slope i.e. where the snow pack is under tension and slid on the underlying grassy slope.
"You would not want to be in the path of this as it came down the slope as would have been hundreds of tonnes of hard packed snow."
