Ursus Gully

Ursus Gully drops out of Hospital Bowl on the south side of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, within the Parks Canada winter permit system. Treat it as a serious terrain trap: the line funnels into a tight choke with significant overhead hazard from the bowl and surrounding start zones. Only consider it with a deep, well-settled snowpack and a very low avalanche hazard rating, and avoid it entirely during or after storm cycles, wind events, or warming.

From the Hospital Bowl area, trend skier’s left into the obvious gully feature. Expect confined walls, cross-loaded pockets and debris from natural. The exit through the choke is often thin, rocky and messy; many parties instead choose cleaner exits from Hospital Bowl to avoid being forced through the gully. If you do commit, manage spacing, regroup out of the fall line, and have a clear plan for what you’ll do if the choke is not passable.