couloir

Converse of object

• have: Once there, I knew I had only the dangerous couloir to face.

Adjective modifier

• steep: There's everything here, from long gentle greens ( great for beginners ) to steep couloirs.
• narrow: Courchevel itself is a true winter paradise with something for everyone - from wide open groomed pistes to narrow couloirs.
• big: He followed the actual top edge of the band, which led at a very slightly uphill angle into and across the big couloir.

Modifies a noun

• skiing: Off Piste Given good snow conditions this whole area provides some extraordinary freeriding and couloir skiing, and heli-skiing is also possible.

Noun used with modifier

• snow: We will then climb a short easy angled snow couloir before traversing right, across the face, toward a small group of seracs.
• ice: Access is further complicated by a hanging serac and ice couloir that regularly spew rock and ice down the approach slopes.