couloir
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Noun
couloir (plural couloirs)
- (climbing, skiing) A steep gorge along a mountainside.
- 1978, Yvon Chouinard, Climbing Ice, page 145,
- Those deep, dark slots in a mountain known as couloirs are often the most obvious routes of ascent.
- 1987, Roger Marshall, AdventureSport: Everest and Me, Backpacker, page 42,
- Looking up the face I could see directly into the Japanese and Hornbein couloirs, an almost direct 9000 feet to the summit.
- 1998, R. J. Secor, Denali Climbing Guide, page 99,
- 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.
- 1978, Yvon Chouinard, Climbing Ice, page 145,
Translations
steep gorge along a mountainside
Anagrams
French
Etymology
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Noun
couloir m (plural couloirs)
- corridor, hallway
- aisle (in an airliner)
- slipstream
Further reading
- “couloir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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