Couloir

When a climber, year after year, climbs the Grand Teton, she notes the developmental patterns of glaciation in the Black Ice Couloir in a way most geologists will never see.

Christian Beckwith: Adventropy: Adventure Philanthropy at Work Christian Beckwith 2010

With increased demand, the resort's mountain-top restaurant, Couloir, was open six days a week this summer versus five in 2009.

Travel Bug Bites Again 2010

I was climbing with Barry Blanchard, a noted Canadian alpinist, heading up a route called Grand Central Couloir, a steep, technical gully that splits the north face of Kitchener.

A Nature for the Great Outdoors Michael J. Ybarra 2010

About 50% of trails are for experts, including Corbet's Couloir (with its notorious 30-foot initial drop).

Black Diamond Districts 2009

This year there will be a pre-auction Champagne tasting where guests will ride a gondola about 10,000 feet up to the Couloir restaurant and sip five Champagnes paired with food (you can take a glass with you on the ride).

Ready, Set ... Bid 2009

Both stories lead with the tale of three European men, Wilco van Rooijen, Gerard McDonnell, and Marco Confortola, who bivouaced at nearly 28,000 feet after the catastrophic serac avalanche stripped the Bottleneck Couloir of its fixed ropes on the evening of August 1st.

Freddie Wilkinson: Heroes in Fine Print 2008

Dianne and Wolfgang Stiller wanted to climb the namesake Cross Couloir on Mount of the Holy Cross, a spectacular steep-walled gully route that ends at the 14,003-foot summit.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

Then climbing the Cristo Couloir on Friday with Janet, skiing Sunday to close down Ajax for the season, and starting all over next Wednesday with a trip to ski Mt.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

Directly below the Bell Cord Couloir, I crossed a half-mile-wide zone of hardened avalanche debris, the evidence of a weeklong cycle of intense avalanche activity.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

The next day, one of my Denali teammates, Janet Lightburn, and I booted up the Cristo Couloir on Quandary Peak.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004