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The Steinerne Rinne couloir from the north with the peaks of Predigtstuhl (l) and Fleischbank (r) in the Austrian Kaiser Mountains
A couloir (French:[ku.lwaʁ], "passage" or "corridor") is a narrow gully with a steep gradient in a mountainous terrain.[1]
^Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin, p. 121. ISBN 0-14-051094-X.
A couloir (French: [ku.lwaʁ], "passage" or "corridor") is a narrow gully with a steep gradient in a mountainous terrain. A couloir may be a seam, scar...
The Hornbein Couloir is a narrow and steep couloir high to the west on the north face of Mount Everest in Tibet, that extends from about 8,000 to 8,500 m...
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...
Cristo Couloir, Quandary Peak, is a 2,575 feet (785 m) couloir located on Quandary Peak that stretches from just above the Blue Lakes Dam to the summit...
via the Norton Couloir. In 2002, he disappeared after making his second Everest summit, while attempting to snowboard the Hornbein Couloir; his body has...
Germany, a similar concept of a Rettungsgasse [de] ("emergency lane", Couloir de sécurité) was already established in 1971, based on a proposal of Karl-Heinz...
giant north face to the Great Couloir (later called the "Norton Couloir"), climbed along the borderline of the couloir, and then attempted to reach the...
with friends on April 3, 2006, Doug Coombs died from a severe fall at the Couloir de Polichinelle in La Grave, France. He was trying to rescue his friend...
"Right-hand couloir" (alpine style), FA by Doug Scott, Alex Macintyre and Roger Baxter-Jones (all UK). This route follows the right-hand couloir on the southwest...
times, the last of which was in 1991. His plan was to climb the Hornbein Couloir to the summit, then proceed with a traverse to the peak of Lhotse, the...
Punchbowl, Finger Point, New Glacier, Discovery Bluff, Avalanche Bay, Couloir Cliffs, First View Point and Cape Roberts. Prominent nearby peaks include...
Jim Morrison made the first ski descent of the "Dream Line", the Lhotse Couloir from the summit. Lhotse is the 4th-highest mountain in the world and shares...
"Shoulder", and thence to the summit. The last major obstacle is a narrow couloir known as the "Bottleneck", which places climbers dangerously close to a...
northern couloir with friend Hans Saari; and the two had made the first ski descent from the summit, down what they named "Hellmouth Couloir." First ascents...
2nd ascent Arwa Spire India East Ridge, East Spire 1st ascent Annapurna III Nepal SW Ridge 1st ascent L'Olan, Ecrins, France L'Olan couloir 1st ascent...
refers to a series of couloirs, either those on the western slopes of Żabie Ridge or the very prominent 500 m (1,600 ft) high couloir and numerous smaller...
entered the north wall flank in the direction of the steep couloir later named "Norton Couloir". They made good progress horizontally but they gained no...
being unconquerable. Ferdinand Imseng was convinced that the long snow couloir in the middle of the face could be ascended. He succeeded in convincing...
intermediately difficult eight-thousander when ascended from the standard Reiss Couloir route, its secondary summits and extremely steep South Face are regarded...
Krutzen/McGhee Duo, Trio Verlaine, and Couloir. Since then, she has continued to perform with chamber groups, including Couloir and Trio Verlaine. Flutist Lorna...
who made the first ascent of Everest via the west ridge; the Hornbein Couloir on Everest was named in his honour. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hornbein...
Hornbein Couloir Kangshung Face (East Face) Kangshung Glacier Khumbu Glacier Khumbu Icefall Lhakpa La Lho La North Col North Face Norton Couloir Rongbuk...
Hornbein Couloir Kangshung Face (East Face) Kangshung Glacier Khumbu Glacier Khumbu Icefall Lhakpa La Lho La North Col North Face Norton Couloir Rongbuk...
glaciers, while the lower part consists of steep rock buttresses with couloirs between them. The steep southern third of the Kangshung Face also comprises...
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