Rock Collapse - Goûter Route, Goûter Couloir, Mont Blanc

Video footage/All rights reserved Rock Collapse on the Goûter Route/Goûter Couloir (Grand Couloir). Also known as the "Corridor of Death" or "Gully of Death" The accident captured on the way down from Mont Blanc, July 2020. Luckily all ended well, the climber was rescued later by helicopter. Goûter Route is the one of the two normal mountaineering routes used to reach the Mont-Blanc summit, and the most popular one. Crossing the Grand Couloir is very dangerous, mainly because of falling rocks or ice. From 1990 to 2011, the PGHMF registers show 291 rescue operations in the Goûter couloir, which resulted in 74 deaths and 180 injuries and from 1990 to 2017 347 rescue operations resulted in 102 deaths and 230 injuries. It means on average, 3.7 fatal accidents per summer season, representing the highest frequency in the Alps.