article_snippet.sent: Searches are ongoing today for a missing 23-year-old walker who disappeared as Kyle Knox tried to climb Britain's highest mountain in -7C blizzards and 70mph winds.
article_snippet.sent: Searches of the 4409-ft high Ben Nevis and the Glen Nevis area of Lochaber were carried out last night, with Lochaber Mountain Rescue and a RAF search and rescue helicopter from Lossiemouth being scrambled to the scene.
article_snippet.sent: However, the hunt had to be called off in darkness last night.
article_snippet.sent: Police Scotland Scotland confirmed this morning that the search had now resumed with rescuers describing the weather conditions as 'awful'.
article_snippet.sent: The RAF Sea King continues  to search for Mr Knox today, despite yesterday being its last day before handing over to a new civilian helicopter operator.
article_snippet.sent: handing over to a new civilian helicopter operator were due to hand over to a Coastguard-co-ordinated Bristow helicopter crew based at Inverness Airport today but a Coastguard-co-ordinated Bristow helicopter crew based at Inverness Airport was decided to let the military team continue with this search - which will be the RAF's last rescue callout in Scotland.
article_snippet.sent: Search and rescue dogs as well as Glencoe and Lochaber mountain rescue teams are also scouring the mountain.
highlights_snippet.sent: Large-scale searches underway in -7C blizzards and winds of up to 70mph .