Grand Couloir
The Grand Couloir is a couloir on the Aiguille du Goûter. At 3,340 metres altitude, this gully has to be traversed on foot to reach the scramble beyond the Tête Rousse Hut up to the Goûter Refuge on the Goûter Route on Mont Blanc.- Type: Locality
- Description: couloir on the Aiguille du Goûter
- Also known as: “Grand Couloir (Mont Blanc)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tête Rousse Glacier and Aiguille du Goûter.
Tête Rousse Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tête Rousse Glacier is a small but significant glacier located in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps whose collapse in 1892 killed 200 people in the town of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains.
Aiguille du Goûter
Peak
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aiguille du Goûter is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif of Haute-Savoie, France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bionnassay and Le Champel.
Bionnassay
Hamlet
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Bionnassay is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km west of Grand Couloir.
Le Champel
Hamlet
Photo: Nicolas Vigier, CC BY 2.0.
Le Champel is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km west of Grand Couloir.
Chamonix
Chamonix is a resort in the Haute-Savoie region of France, bordering Italy, at the foot of Mont Blanc. It's regarded as the birthplace of mountaineering and as one of its capitals.
Grand Couloir
- Category: couloir
- Location: Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.85454° or 45° 51′ 16″ northLongitude
6.82452° or 6° 49′ 28″ eastOpen location code
8FQ8VR3F+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 858029428OpenStreetMap feature
natural=couloirOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q11701266
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“Grand Couloir” goes by many names.
- French: “couloir du Goûter”
- French: “Grand Couloir”
- Ladin: “Grand Couloir”
- Polish: “Grand Couloir”
- Polish: “Kuluar Rolling Stones”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chavanne Vieille and Le Petit Plateau.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tête Rousse Hut and Goûter Refuge.
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