Snowpatch Spire

Snowpatch Spire, The Bugaboos
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
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 82K/10
Geology
Mountain type	Granite
Climbing
First ascent	August 1940 by Raffi Bedayan and Jack Arnold
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

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

Nearby

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.

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[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.

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