[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Couloir 2

[Volker Schmidt]

In addition, in many definitions "a couloir is a kind of gully" or even
"couloir or gully is...".
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.
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?
I still have problems with this proposal, to be honest.

Volker


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On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 at 21:34, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> sent from a phone
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> > On 18 Feb 2021, at 20:56, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately I don't think this makes it clear when to use
> natural=gully or natural=couloir.
>
>
> 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.
> 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)?
>
> Can couloirs only occur in specific kinds of mountains? What are the
> preconditions/typical environment/geological conditions?
>
> Cheers Martin
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