Hospital Bowl Uptrack

Video Peak Uptrack follows the standard Connaught Creek / Hospital Bowl approach from Rogers Pass Discovery Centre in Glacier National Park. From the parking, skin west on the Connaught drainage, then trend north-west on the established uptrack toward Hospital Bowl, passing below Hospital Knob and staying in the main gully and sparse trees used for the Ursus / Hospital uptracks.

Terrain is a mix of low-angle gully, open glades and then broad alpine bowl leading toward the base of Video Peak’s SE face. The line is surrounded by large avalanche paths and classic planar start zones above, including the SE face itself, so treat the entire uptrack as overhead avalanche terrain with frequent wind loading and slab formation reported in Hospital Bowl and on the face.

Ideal use is mid-winter when coverage in the Connaught drainage and Hospital Bowl is good and the alder is buried; early season reports mention rough travel and alder gymnastics on this approach. Expect heavy traffic on weekends and during high-pressure periods, with multiple existing skintracks and potentially tracked-out descents feeding back to this uptrack.

Full details on permits, daily maps and seasonal changes are on Parks Canada’s Rogers Pass ski touring page: Parks Canada – Ski touring in Rogers Pass.