Snowpatch Spire

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Snowpatch Spire, The Bugaboos
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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) [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 / 50.73639; -116.78222 [3]
Geography
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
Age of rock 135 Million years ago [4]
Type of rock 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]

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Climate

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.

Routes

Climbing routes on Snowpatch Spire: [9]

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