couloir
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Gyselinck knows Eight Mile Road well and has climbed in these mountains for over 20 years, including a successful March 2016 ascent of Colchuck Peak via the northeast couloir.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023
Still, Gyselinck thought back to his winter climb of the northeast couloir seven years ago and remembered a sense of unease.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 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
After about 1,500 vertical feet, the couloir narrowed and made a sharp bend.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023
Safe it was: a narrow, staircase-like couloir, consisting of a series of natural steps; the rocks on either side heavily festooned with thick masses of the most beautiful maidenhair fern.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram
