<div dir="ltr"><div>In addition, in many definitions "a couloir is a kind of gully" or even "couloir or gully is...".</div><div>I fear that this a highly specialized term un mountaineering. I guess couloirs exist in all alpine regions, but the term is used by only a very small group of advanced mountain lovers. <br></div><div>To me it looks like a frequent feature, I have often seen in the European Alps. How are these tagged at the moment, if they are tagged at all? All couloirs seem to be the top end of larger features like screes. Where does the couloir end, and where does the scree begin? <br></div><div>I still have problems with this proposal, to be honest.</div><div><br></div><div>Volker<br></div><div><br></div><div id="m_5085072037611992972m_5998903640983909229DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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> On 18 Feb 2021, at 20:56, Joseph Eisenberg <<a href="mailto:joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com" target="_blank">joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Unfortunately I don't think this makes it clear when to use natural=gully or natural=couloir.<br>
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I had this same impression, as someone not very familiar with the features of mountainous environment, even less in English, it remains mostly opaque what a couloir is, and how it can be distinguished from other, similar features.<br>
I also had the impression, but it could be wrong, that usage or usefulness for mountaineers may be part of the distinction (the same feature, by shape and size, can have a different name if it is dangerous or useful for passing)?<br>
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Can couloirs only occur in specific kinds of mountains? What are the preconditions/typical environment/geological conditions?<br>
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