Snowpatch Spire

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.

Snowpatch Spire, The Bugaboos
Snowpatch Spire, with Pigeon Spire in the background on the right, Hound's Tooth and Marmolata Spire on the left.
Highest point
Elevation3,084 m (10,118 ft)
Prominence284 m (932 ft)
Coordinates50°44′2″N 116°47′9″W
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangePurcell Mountains, East Kootenay
Topo mapNTS 82K/10
Geology
Mountain typeGranite
Climbing
First ascentAugust 1940 by Raffi Bedayan and Jack Arnold[1]
Easiest route5.6, long

Routes

  • Wildflowers
  • Kraus McCarthy
  • Sunshine
  • Surf's Up! (aka Southwest Ridge)
  • Southeast Corner (aka Snowpatch Route)

Nearby

References

  1. 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.
  • "Snowpatch Spire". Bivouac.com.


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