couloir

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On Feb. 19, a group of six climbers were climbing a steep, narrow gully — called a couloir — on the peak near Leavenworth when an avalanche crashed down the mountainside.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 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

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

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