Definitions
A steep gorge along a mountainside.
Word origin
Borrowed from French couloir (literally “corridor”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Mountain gully”7 letters
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