Lhotse Couloir, Lhotse Face, Everest Massif, Nepal. The highest skiable couloir, and the fourth highest peak, on the planet. (photo: Paul Pottinger for Powder Magazine)

Lhotse Couloir, Everest Massif

LOCATION: Lhotse Face, Everest Massif, Himalayas, Nepal

ACCESS:  Very Remote

GRADE/EXPOSURE: Extreme

GLACIATED TERRAIN:  YES

ASPECT:  Northwest

ELEVATION:  8351 m

CLOSEST MAJOR AIRPORT:  Tenzing Hillary Airport, Chaurikharka, Nepal (60 km)

SECONDARY AIRPORTS:  Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal (335 km)

CLOSEST ACCOMODATIONS:  Everest Base Camp (36 km); Camp III (1 km)

CLOSEST HOT SHOWER: Katmandu, Nepal (335 km)