Bruins Ridge Uptrack

Bruins Ridge Uptrack is a common skin route on the south side of Connaught Creek in Rogers Pass, Glacier National Park (BC). From the Connaught Creek trailhead you follow the main summer trail corridor up-valley, staying on the south side of the creek and below the avalanche paths that drop from Cheops until you are opposite Hospital Gully.

From here, trend up and right toward Bruins Ridge, watching for overhead hazard from the Cheops couloirs and the two main slide paths that can reach the valley floor. A short, exposed traverse gains the ridge proper; this section can feel committing in firm or thin conditions and is not a good place to be with rising hazard or poor visibility.

Once on Bruins Ridge, the uptrack follows mostly mellow, wind-affected ridge terrain toward Bruins Pass and the 8812 Bowl. The ridge narrows higher up, with short sections of exposure where you may switch from skinning to booting depending on snow and comfort with the drops on either side. The main avalanche concern is the lee side of the ridge and the gully you briefly drop into to bypass the gendarme, where storm snow and wind loading can create touchy slabs that are hard to assess from the ridge.