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Definition of Couloirs

Couloir
Couloir Cou`loir" (k??`lw?r"), n. [F., a strainer.] 1. A deep gorge; a gully. 2. (Hydraul. Engin.) A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc.

Meaning of Couloirs from wikipedia

- otherwise solid mountain m****. Though often hemmed in by sheer cliff walls, couloirs may also be less well-defined, and may often simply be a line of broken...
- Hornbein Couloirs In 2001, French snowboarder Marco Siffredi from Chamonix made the first snowboard descent of Everest by using the Norton Couloir. In 2002...
- The Norton Couloir or Great Couloir is a steep gully high on the north face of Mount Everest in Tibet which lies east of the pyramidal peak and extends...
- via the Norton Couloir. In 2002, he disappeared after making his second Everest summit, while attempting to snowboard the Hornbein Couloir; his body has...
- where one climber noted, "a simple slip would mean death." Hornbein Couloir Norton Couloir Three Steps Three Pinnacles Kangshung face (East side) ****inson...
- Corbet's Couloir is an expert ski run located at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village, Wyoming. It is named after Jackson Hole ski instructor...
- Les Couloirs du temps: Les Visiteurs II (French pronunciation: [lɛ vizitœːʁ kulwaːʁ dy tɑ̃]; English: The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time) is a sequel...
- Grands couloirs" (PD+, 400 m with a gradient of around 40°), commonly climbed by skiers and climbers. Petite face nord (AD, 600 m at 45-50°). Couloir Messimy...
- (common with rock faces in alpine environments), avalanches (especially in couloirs), seracs and crev****es, violent storms hitting climbers on exposed mountain...
- accessible from the Girose Glacier) which leads to several couloirs (the Banane, Patou, Couloir du Lac) around the Lac de Puyvachier and the Refuge Evariste...