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This area is a well-known accident "black spot" in dry conditions, when there is little or no snow on the face binding the loose surface rocks together. Stonefall can be channelled down the gully to present a serious hazard to climbers crossing in between the relative safety of the sides. For this reputation this passage is sometimes even dubbed the "couloir de la mort", "corridor of death" or "gully of death". The risky crossing has even been dramatically compared with Russian roulette. Between 1990 and 2017, 102 people died in the Grand Couloir (or "Death Corridor") on Mont Blanc's Goûter Route, with an average of 3 to 4 fatalities per year during that period. These deaths are primarily caused by unpredictable rockfalls, which have increased in frequency and severity due to climate change and permafrost melt.