Snowpatch Spire

Snowpatch Spire

Infobox Mountain
Name = Snowpatch Spire, The Bugaboos
Photo = Snowpatch.jpg
Caption = Snowpatch Spire, with Pigeon Spire in the background on the right, Hound's Tooth and Marmolata Spire on the left.
Elevation = 3084m (10,118 feet)
Location = British Columbia, Canada
Range = Purcell Mountains, East Kootenay
Prominence = 284m
Coordinates = coord|50|44|2|N|116|47|9|W|type:mountain_region:CA
Type = Granite
Topographic
NTS 82K/10
First ascent = 1940 J. Arnold, R. Bedayn
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.

Routes

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

Nearby

* Conrad Kain hut
* Bugaboo Spire
* Pigeon Spire
* The Howsers
* Marmolata Spire

External links

* [http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=2536 Snowpatch Spire at bivouac.com]


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