couloir
Example Sentences
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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
That can mean trekking all day to make but one run down an isolated couloir or a bowl.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023
The three were part of a group on a steep gully known as a couloir when one of the climbers triggered an avalanche.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023
Though its base was a good mile distant across the snow-smoothed surface of the ice, she could discern every crevice and ledge and steep couloir.
From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis
