Hound's Tooth (mountain)

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Hounds Tooth
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Hound's Tooth centered
Highest point
Elevation 2,824 m (9,265 ft) [1]
Prominence 19 m (62 ft) [1]
Coordinates 50°43′27″N116°46′30″W / 50.72417°N 116.77500°W / 50.72417; -116.77500 [1]
Geography
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Hounds Tooth
Location in British Columbia
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Kootenay Land District
Protected area Bugaboo Provincial Park
Parent range Purcell Mountains
The Bugaboos
Topo map NTS 82K10 Howser Creek
Geology
Mountain type Granite
Climbing
First ascent 1930 Conrad Kain [2]

Hound's Tooth is a peak in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Hound's Tooth is a rock pinnacle at the end of Marmolata Mountain's northeast ridge. Both mountains are Nunataks, sticking up from the middle of the Bugaboo Glacier. [1] The Hounds' Tooth is composed of a coarse, fractured granite. [2]

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Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Hound's Tooth is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [3] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Crescent Spire". bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  2. 1 2 "Crescent Spire". summitpost.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  3. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN   1027-5606.
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