Multi-method monitoring of rockfall activity along the classic route up Mont Blanc (4809 m a.s.l.) to encourage adaptation by mountaineers

• Published in: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: J. Mourey, P. Lacroix, P.-A. Duvillard, G. Marsy, M. Marcer, E. Malet, L. Ravanel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Mont Blanc; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-445-2022; https://doaj.org/article/a131929bf9ba449386e2b8289a13b10c

There are on average 35 fatal mountaineering accidents per summer in France. On average, since 1990, 3.7 of them have occurred every summer in the Grand Couloir du Goûter, on the classic route up Mont Blanc (4809 m a.s.l.). Rockfall is one of the main factors that explain this high accident rate and...