AN 80-year-old man from Worcestershire has been airlifted to hospital after falling on Snowdon.

The man, who is from the Malvern area, was descending from Snowdon's summit yesterday on the steep Snowdon Ranger Path with two other men, when he slipped and fell about 150 ft in a "tumbling fall".

Phil Benbow, secretary for the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team, said they were called at about 4pm and requested the Sea King helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey.

The man was then airlifted to Bangor hospital with a head injury.

Mr Benbow said: "I believe he will make a full recovery."