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Aiguille du Gouter route:

Crossing Le Grand Couloir, early in the morning, on the way from Tete Rousse refuge (3167m) to Aiguille du Gouter refuge (3817m), on August 12th 2002.

Photo: Aleksandar Gospic
aleksandar.gospic@zd.hinet.hr
Velebit
on Aug 19, 2002 5:44 am
Lat/Lon: 45.83270°N / 6.86430°E
Image ID: 10060

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Rahel Maria Liu

Rahel Maria Liu - Aug 19, 2002 7:54 am - Hasn't voted

Much snow

Amazing, how much snow!! 2 weeks earlier, there wasn't any snow at all, but big stones falling down the couloir ... the climb between the both huts was pure rock climbing ....

Velebit

Velebit - Aug 19, 2002 6:38 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Much snow

Hi Maria



We came to Tete Rousse while it was still snowing. In the morning the weather cleared. It was the same frontal system that brought huge floods in Germany and central Europe,

worst summer floods in decades. We had over 50 cm of fresh snow, so the route to Gouter refuge was very technical, icy on many places. Thankfully the weather was cold so the snow compacted, so the path to the top was quite hard the day after.

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