-
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...
- 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...
-
mountaineers in snow and ice-covered terrain. On
steeper ground such as in
couloirs (particularly ice-covered), and on
glaciers where a rope team
member falling...
-
where one
climber noted, "a
simple slip
would mean death."
Hornbein Couloir Norton Couloir Three Steps Three Pinnacles Kangshung face (East side) ****inson...
- (common with rock
faces in
alpine environments),
avalanches (especially in
couloirs),
seracs and crev****es,
violent storms hitting climbers on
exposed mountain...
- via the
Norton Couloir. In 2002, he
disappeared after making his
second Everest summit,
while attempting to
snowboard the
Hornbein Couloir; his body has...
