Meaning of couloir | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A steep gorge along a mountainside.
2. A corridor or passage.
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Examples

“Those deep, dark slots in a mountain known as couloirs are often the most obvious routes of ascent.”

“Looking up the face⟳ I could see⟳ directly into the Japanese and Hornbein couloirs, an almost direct⟳ 9000 feet to the summit.”

“Ascend a long, easy snow⟳ couloir back left to the crest of Cassin Ridge at 17700 feet, where there is a campsite.”

“2002, American Alpine Club Safety Committee, Alpine Club of Canada Safety Committee, Accidents in North American Mountaineering, Issue⟳ 55, page 58, When they approached the couloir shortly before 0300, the snow⟳ was firm enough for them to use⟳ crampons.”

“It was a hole, in the fence, a large irregular hole, caused by numberless winds, numberless rains, or by a boar, or by a bull, flying, pursuing, a wild boar, a wild bull, blind with fear, blind with rage, or who knows perhaps with carnal desire, crashing at this point⟳, through the fence, weakened by numberless winds, numberless rains. Through this hole I passed, without hurt⟳, or damage⟳ to my pretty uniform, and found myself looking about me, for I had not yet recovered my aplomb, in the couloir.”

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