photo: Cedric Bernardini
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Central Couloir, Cody Peak, Jackson Hole, Wyoming (photo: David Hewett) **CLICK ON IMAGE TO BEGIN SLIDESHOW
JC (Jesus Christ) Couloir, Sawtooths, Idaho (photo: Sawtooth Mountain Guides)
Buck Mountain/Bubble Fun Couloir (obscured), Cathedral Group, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (photo: Jack Brauer)
Jimmy Chin, Stettner Couloir, The Grand Teton, Grand Teton National Park (photo: Kristoffer Erickson)
Endless Couloir, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (photo: Jack Brauer)
Col du Plan, North Face of the Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, France (photo: Ben Tibbetts)
No Name Couloir, Jackson Hole backcountry (photo: Visit Jackson Hole)
Chamonix Couloir, Beartooths, Wyoming (photo: Flickr)
The Why, Grandfather, Heaven's Eleven, Hairy Banana couloirs, Little Wasatch Peak, Bear Creek Valley, Colorado (photo: Chris Parke)
3/4 Couloir, Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada (photographer unknown)
The Sickle Couloir, GTNP, Wyoming (photo: OutdoorBeta)
Son of Apocalypse Couloir (across the valley), GTNP, Wyoming (photo: (Christian Beckwith)
Col du Chardonnet/Saleina Glacier (photo: Skitour.fr)
Cosmiques Couloir, Chamonix, France (photo: Doglotion)
Corbet's Couloir, Jackson Hole, Wyoming (photo: Powder Magazine)
Cosmiques (left), Rond (right) and the old tram line, Chamonix, France (photo: David Hewett)
Aiguille du Midi, from the Grand Mulets hut Chamonix, FR (photo: B Birtle)
Col du Diable, Chamonix, France (photo: Luca Rolli)
Caucasus, Georgia (photo: AAC)
Sunrise in the Berner Oberland, Switzerland (photo by PatitucciPhoto)
Godmother Couloir, Norway, Lyngen Alps, Norway (photographer unknown)
Southeast Couloir, Aiguille du Chardonnet, Chamonix, France (photo: Cedric Bernardini)
Gran Zebru, Ortler Group, Italy (photo: PatitucciPhoto)
Ski touring in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland (photographer unknown)
Holy Cross Couloir, Holy Cross Wilderness, Minturn, Colorado (photo: Jack Brauer)
Middle Teton Glacier Route, Middle Teton, GTNP, Wyoming (photo: GVD Productions)
Passerelle Couloir, Chamonix, France (Philippe Duhamel)
Unknown couloir, Senja, Norway (photographer unknown)
San Joaquin Couloir, Telluride, Colorado (photo: David Hewett)
East Rectiligne/Upper Nant Blanc Glacier (photo: David Hewett)
Piccolo Mangart, Slovenia (photo: Marco Battistutta)
Polar Star Couloir, Baffin Island, Newfoundland, Canada Polar Star Couloir (photo: Ascentbackcountry)
Pipeline Couloir, Snowbird, Utah (photo: Unofficialnomad)
Saleina Couloir, Switzerland (photo: Red Bull)
Vallon Couloir, Sella Massif, Corvara, Italy (photo: Patitucci Photo)
Aiguille du Tacul, northwest face, Chamonix, France (photo: Adrian Earlyup)
Mont Blanc and the Vallee Blanche from the summit of Dent du Geant (photo: Wikipedia)
Catch A Fire, Beartooths, Montana (photo: Noah Howell)
Mt. Sifton, Alberta, Canada (photo: Matt Ruta)
Holzer Couloir, Dolomites, Italy (photo: Patitucci Photo)
Mt. Shuskan, Washington, USA (photo: Unsplash)
The Sickle, Horstmann Peak, Sawtooths, Idaho (photo: Sawtooth Mountain Guides)
Big Fatty, Sawtooths, Idaho (photo: Sawtooth Mountain Guides)
Poubelle Couloir, Chamonix, France (photo: David Hewett)
Petit Envers du Plan, Grand Envers du Plan, Vallee Blanche, Chamonix, France (photo: Adrian Earlyup)
Aiguille du Midi: West/Cunningham/Rond/Cosmiques, Chamonix, France (photo: Cedric Bernardini)
Téléphérique des Glaciers de la Meije, La Grave, France (photo: Robert Cocuzzo)
East Rectiligne/Upper Nant Blanc Glacier, Chamonix, France (photo: David Hewett)
The Sliver, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (photo: Outdoor Beta)
The entrance to ‘La Vaute’, Massif des Ecrins, La Grave, France (photo: David Hewett)
Tuckerman Ravine, Mt. Washington, New Hampshire (photo: Jamie Walter)
North Couloir (right), Mt. Emerson, Bishop, California (photographer unknown)
Southeast Couloir, Aiguille du Chardonnet, Chamonix, France (photo: Cedric Bernardini)
Why Couloir, Telluride, Colorado (photo: David Hewett)
En route to the Trifides, La Grave, France (photographer unknown)
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dolomites, Italy (photo: Marco Battistutta)
Forcella del Pordoi, Dolomites, Italy (photo: Marco Battistutta)
Lhotse Couloir, the world's highest, photographed from the summit of Everest, by Paul Pottinger, Powder Magazine (Nepal).
Les Courtes, Argentiere Basin, Chamonix photo: Olly Alkema)
Mt. Tupper, Canada (photo: Matt Ruta)
Unknown couloir, Chamonix, France (photographer unknown)
Narrow Minded Couloir, Baffin Island, Newfoundland, Canada (photo: Ascentbackcountry.com)
The Sphinx, The Chugach, Alaska (photo: Snowbrains)
The Ramp, Meteorite Mountain, Chugach, Alaska (photo: Snowbrains)
3/4 Couloir, Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada (photo: Confessionsofaskibum)
Col des Cristaux, Argentiere valley, Chamonix, France (photo: Cedric Bernardini)
Skillet Glacier, Mount Moran, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (photo: Getty Images)
Poubelle Couloir, Les Grands Montets, Chamonix, France (photographer: David Hewett)
At the start of the Grand Envers du Plan, with the Aiguille du Plan, the Aiguille du Grépon, looking northeast from the Aiguille du Midi; the Vallee Blanche is below and to the right (photo: Mattias Fredriksson)
Inside the Mer du Glace, Vallee Blanche, Chamonix, France (photo: David Hewett)
Cosmiques Couloir, Chamonix, France (photo: David Hewett)
San Joaquin Couloir, as seen from Telluride Ski Resort, Telluride, Colorado (photo: Doug Berry)
Japanese Couloir, Mt. Barriile, Ruth Gorge, Alaska (photo: Noah Howell)
Grand Envers du Plan, Chamonix, France, with the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Mallet, Aiguille du Rochefort, and the Dent du Geant in the background—left to right (photo: Mattias Fredriksson)
Grand Teton, Ford-Chevy-Stettner (obscured), the Otter Body, and Teepe Pillar, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, Wyoming (photo: David Hewett)
Cosmiques Couloir, Chamonix, France (photo: David Hewett)
Aiguille du midi, Passerelle, Glacier Rond, Cunningham, Chamonix, France (photographer unknown) **CLICK ON IMAGE TO BEGIN SLIDESHOW
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Header photo: Ross Hewitt on the Northwest Shoulder of the Aiguille du Tacul , with Mont Blanc in the background, by Cedric Bernardini
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