couloir
Example Sentences
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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
Two-thirds of the way up the couloir, the route forks.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2023
Difficult mountaineering routes like the northeast couloir are more commonly tackled in spring when the weather is more favorable for clear, sunny conditions and avalanche risk has largely subsided for the season.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 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
