Name: Half Dome Face
Rating: 5.0

Half Dome Face

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Avalanche risk for Dec 9, 2018: Moderate

Heightened avalanche conditions on specific terrain features. Evaluate snow and terrain carefully; identify features of concern. Natural avalanches unlikely; human-triggered avalanches possible.

Full forecast for CAIC: Vail Summit Zone — Brought to you by CO Avalanche Information Center

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“A mellower area of the Half Dome with lots of great options.”

— Jacob Winey

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Type: Backcountry or Sidecountry

Overview

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Need to Know

There are buried rock bands in the center of this line. In the spring time, they heat up faster than the surrounding areas, causing wet slides to break from the middle of the face.

Description

Awesome, open skiing down a slope that anyone who has ever skied at Copper Mountain has dreamed about. What better powder skiing is there than down an open face that's half a mile wide. You could lap it for days and never cross tracks.

Be careful around the cornices along the top of the face and avoid this face during persistent slab cycles.

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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in Mayflower Gulch

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#3

in Mayflower Gulch

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in Colorado

#65

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Harry, dropping into the face with style.

0.3 Miles 0.5 Kilometers Ski Line	0' 0 m Ascent -700' -213 m Descent
43% Avg Slope (23°) 62% Max Slope (32°)	12,444' 3,793 m High 11,744' 3,580 m Low

Half Dome Face

0.3 Miles 0.5 Kilometers

Ski Line

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-700' -213 m

43%

62%

12,444' 3,793 m

11,744' 3,580 m

Shared By Jacob Winey

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