Hound's Tooth (mountain)

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Hounds Tooth, The Bugaboos
Hound's tooth Spire.jpg
Hound's Tooth
Highest point
Elevation2,824 m (9,265 ft)[1]
Prominence19 m (62 ft)[1]
Coordinates50°43′27″N 116°46′30″W / 50.72417°N 116.77500°W / 50.72417; -116.77500[1]
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangePurcell Mountains, Columbia Mountains
Topo mapNTS 82K10
Geology
Mountain typeGranite
Climbing
First ascent1930 Conrad Kain[2]

Hound's Tooth is a peak in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Hound's Tooth is a rock pinnacle at the end of Marmolata Mountain's northeast ridge. Both mountains are Nunataks, sticking up from the middle of the Bugaboo Glacier.[1] The Hounds' Tooth is composed of a coarse, fractured granite.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c d "Crescent Spire". bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  2. ^ a b "Crescent Spire". summitpost.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.


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