- Snowpatch Spire
Infobox Mountain
Name = Snowpatch Spire,The Bugaboos
Photo = Snowpatch.jpg
Caption = Snowpatch Spire, withPigeon Spire in the background on the right,Hound's Tooth andMarmolata 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, longWith 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 theConrad 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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