In reply to UKC/UKH News:
I agree that law enforcement is not the way to go, education would be better.
How about:
1) Free weekly workshops in St Gervais, Chamonix, Courmayeur, Argentiere outlining the skills, routes, equipment and updated conditions for the Gouter and Trois Monts routes.
2) Large noticeboards by the Nid D'Aigle station, the Tete Rousse, in St Gervais, Chamonix, Courmayeur, Argentiere outlining some of the above.
3) Posters and leaflets put in the campsites and the uplift stations.
4) Leaflets issued electronically to anyone who makes a booking at the Tete Rousse or Gouter huts.
5) A large noticeboard a little before the Grand Couloir highlighting the risks, statistics, and giving crossing and equipment advice.
Personally, I would prefer there to be no fixed notices on the actual routes but having witnessed so many ill equipped people making, in my opinion, poor judgements and seemingly with few mountaineering skills probably due to inadequate knowledge putting themselves and others in danger the current status quo is not sufficient.