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What is a couloir?

What is a couloir? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (climbing, skiing) A steep gorge along a mountainside.
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Coated with tasty Utah powder, the narrow couloir below us was nothing less than a 2,000-vertical foot statement of nature's perfection.
But at its narrowest the couloir is about two ski lengths wide.
Bruce and the Gurkhas were below the rib, and could only see up the couloir.
The party had gained a considerable height on the mountain when it became necessary to cross a couloir or gully filled with snow.
About two hours after departing the lodge, the group reached the bottom and entered the west couloir.
Soon after this we quitted our ridge and dropped into a couloir to the left of it.

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