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Chute vs Couloir - What's the difference?

chute | couloir |

As a verb chute

is .

As a noun couloir is

a steep gorge along a mountainside.

chute

English

Noun

(wikipedia chute) (en noun)
  • A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
  • parachute

    • Derived terms

    * out of the chute

    couloir

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A steep gorge along a mountainside.
  • * 1978 , Yvon Chouinard, Climbing Ice , page 145,
    • Those deep, dark slots in a mountain known as couloirs are often the most obvious routes of ascent.
  • * 1987 , Roger Marshall, AdventureSport: Everest and Me'', '' , page 42,
    • Looking up the face I could see directly into the Japanese and Hornbein couloirs , an almost direct 9000 feet to the summit.
  • * 1998 , R. J. Secor, Denali Climbing Guide , page 99,
    • Ascend a long, easy snow couloir back left to the crest of Cassin Ridge at 17700 feet, where there is a campsite.
  • * 2002 , American Alpine Club Safety Committee, Alpine Club of Canada Safety Committee, Accidents in North American Mountaineering , Issue 55, page 58,
    • When they approached the couloir shortly before 0300, the snow was firm enough for them to use crampons.

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