couloir

At the time, Gyselinck did not know an avalanche the day prior had flushed four climbers 500 vertical feet down a steep gully on Colchuck Peak known as the northeast couloir.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

After about 1,500 vertical feet, the couloir narrowed and made a sharp bend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Lewicky’s benchmark for great adventures dates to 2008 when, on a hike through the San Gabriels, he spotted an unfamiliar couloir — a steep chute bordered by rock on either side — in the distance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

While climbing a couloir — a steep narrow gully — the lead climber in a group of six triggered the slab avalanche.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2023

Beyond that there is a couloir running right up to the ridge, and it will be the easiest place for us to mount.”

From The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps by Frederic William Burton

Olympian Cam Smith described the longer versions as a “more in-wild-mountains-off-the-ski-resorts event where you’re climbing up and skiing down in wild places and on technical ridges, on peaks, couloirs, all that good stuff.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

“It’s gorgeous. The skiing is amazing. There are pillows in the trees, couloirs up high and everything under the sun as a skier you would want, depending on the weather.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021

That meant it could take years to develop a marquee name or lasting status in a world that prizes near-vertical, high-speed descents through or above snow-covered couloirs and fearsome stony bluffs.

From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2021

And while Big Sky is revered for steep chutes and terrifying couloirs, of the resort’s 5,800 acres, 40% is made for newbies and intermediate skiers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2018

This danger must always be present in couloirs to a greater or less extent in such seasons as the one we were experiencing.

From Above the Snow Line by Clinton Thomas Dent