Poked the Bruin

Avalanche

Run Length

90

Slab Width

30

Trigger Type

skier

Avalanche Size

1.5

Slab Thickness

20

Trigger Sub Type

remote

Start Zone Aspect

NE

Trigger Distance

70

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Avalanche Character

windSlab

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

2300

Avalanche Observation

12hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2026-02-03T21:30:00.000Z

Headed up with hopes of skiing 8812 bowl. Approaching Bruins met one skier in front of us who had been breaking and had just aborted due to collapses he triggered. We poked forward to make our own decisions and also triggered several significant collapses. We also chose to retreat and not mess with the steeper terrain to enter the ridge. Toured low angle up into Hospital bowl checking out conditions. Higher found a variety of wind effect, hollow sounds, and continued collapses. After a descent we worked up to the top of Ursus trees and down into Dispatchers bowl. While on the ridge we did see a couple of groups who had chosen to head up onto Bruins ridge. While traversing low angle terrain in Dispatchers we remote triggered a 1.5 on a NE facing steeper roll we were working around. No one caught. Weather for the day was warm. Close to 0 up high. Only very light wind on ridges. In and out clouds/fog but other times almost sunny but with a high thin cloud layer holding off the main energy. Still spooky out there.