couloir

Example Sentences

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After about 1,500 vertical feet, the couloir narrowed and made a sharp bend.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 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

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

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

Upon the other side we knew that there was a couloir in correspondence with that up which we had just come.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward