Couloir
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Definition of a
couloir: "a narrow passageway that funnels snow and ice down a cliff face. Such runs are often off limits in the United States, but experts relish the soft snow that gathers on them." Nathaniel Vinton,
Skiing Beyond Safety's Edge Once Too Often, N.Y. Times, May 17, 2006,
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/sp...rts/17ski.html (last accessed May 17, 2006).
Also see "Tree Well" for a description of another possibly fatal ski hazard.
Sources
Nathaniel Vinton,
Skiing Beyond Safety's Edge Once Too Often, N.Y. Times, May 17, 2006,
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/sp...rts/17ski.html (last accessed May 17, 2006).
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