couloir

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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

Mountain rescue volunteers determined conditions were too hazardous to continue to the couloir and attempt to recover the bodies.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2023

According to SummitPost, an online climbing index and forum, the couloir is 1,200 vertical feet.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 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