Name: Half Dome Bowl
Rating: 5.0

Half Dome Bowl

Conditions

Bad / Closed 6 days ago

Crusty, Windblown, Firm - 02/09/2019 area is very wind blown with a large wind slab check weather especially wind. History

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Avalanche risk for Feb 15, 2019: Considerable

Dangerous avalanche conditions. Careful snowpack evaluation, cautious route-finding and conservative decision-making essential. Natural avalanches possible; human-triggered avalanches likely.

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“A steep bowl with lots of options and lapping potential.”

— Jacob Winey

Driving Directions GPX File

Type: Backcountry or Sidecountry

Overview

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Need to Know

If you exit back to Highway-91 by skiing down the gulch, be sure to keep left as it starts to mellow out to avoid hitting the Ten Mile Creek before the road crosses it.

Description

Take a careful look at your options as you hike up the ridge of Half Dome and pick out your line. There are a number of chutes in the bowl that all funnel into a couple main exits. All the lines look like a lot of fun. The main hazards are dealing with cornices (30'+) and cliff bands.

The bowl faces north-east, so the mix of indirect sunlight and wind-loading makes for good snow. Also, it's very easy to lap by skinning back up the north-west facing chute to the skier's right at the bottom.

Contacts

Land Manager: USFS - Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Office - Clear Creek Ranger District

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5.0 from 1 vote

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#2

in Mayflower Gulch

#20

in Colorado

#38

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Half Dome, with the bowl on the left and face o…

Half Dome Bowl, from below.

Harry, riding out the bottom of the bowl (it's…

0.2 Miles 0.3 Kilometers Ski Line	0' 0 m Ascent -475' -145 m Descent
44% Avg Slope (24°) 50% Max Slope (27°)	12,530' 3,819 m High 12,055' 3,674 m Low

Half Dome Bowl

0.2 Miles 0.3 Kilometers

Ski Line

0' 0 m

-475' -145 m

44%

50%

12,530' 3,819 m

12,055' 3,674 m

Shared By Jacob Winey

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