Snowpatch Spire | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,084 m (10,118 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 284 m (932 ft) [2] |
Parent peak | Howser Spire (3,412 m) [2] |
Coordinates | 50°44′11″N116°46′56″W / 50.73639°N 116.78222°W [3] |
Geography | |
Interactive map of Snowpatch Spire | |
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 | |
Rock age | 135 Million years ago [4] |
Rock type | Granodiorite [4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | August 1940 by Raffi Bedayan and Jack Arnold [5] |
Easiest route | class 5.8 [6] |
Snowpatch Spire is a mountain peak in British Columbia, Canada. With its first ascent in 1940, it was the last of the Bugaboo Spires to be climbed. [2] It is located southwest of the Conrad Kain hut, between Bugaboo, Vowell and Crescent Glaciers, at the south end of Bugaboo Provincial Park. [7] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted October 29, 1962, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [3]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Snowpatch Spire is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [8] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
Climbing routes on Snowpatch Spire: [9]
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