Couloir
Couloir noun - A narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage.
Usage example: at one point the steep, ice-encrusted walls of the couloir are no more than 50 feet apart
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Fissure
Fissure noun - An irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure.
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Fissure and Couloir. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/couloir/fissure
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