Snowpatch Spire
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Snowpatch Spire, The Bugaboos | |
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![]() Snowpatch Spire, with Pigeon Spire in the background on the right, Hound's Tooth and on the left. | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,084 m (10,118 ft) |
Prominence | 284 m (932 ft) |
Coordinates | 50°44′2″N 116°47′9″W / 50.73389°N 116.78583°W |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
Parent range | Purcell Mountains, East Kootenay |
Topo map | NTS 82K10 |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Granite |
Climbing | |
First ascent | August 1940 by Raffi Bedayan and Jack Arnold[1] |
Easiest route | 5.6, long |
With its first ascent in 1940, Snowpatch Spire mountain peak was the last of the Bugaboo Spires to be climbed. It is located South-West of the Conrad Kain hut, across the Crescent Glacier.[citation needed]
Routes[]
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- Wildflowers
- Kraus McCarthy
- Sunshine
- Surf's Up! (aka Southwest Ridge)
- Southeast Corner (aka Snowpatch Route)
Nearby[]
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- Conrad Kain hut
- Bugaboo Spire
- Pigeon Spire
- Howser Spire
References[]
- ^ Bedayan, Raffi (1941). A Bugaboo No Longer. American Alpine Journal Vol. 4, p. 219 (1941). Retrieved from http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12194121900/A-Bugaboo-No-Longer.
External links[]
- "Snowpatch Spire". Bivouac.com.
Categories:
- Columbia Valley
- Three-thousanders of British Columbia
- Purcell Mountains
- British Columbia Interior geography stubs