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]
| 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″N 116°46′56″W / 50.73639°N 116.78222°W[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] |
Climate edit
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 edit
Climbing routes on Snowpatch Spire:[9]
- Wildflowers - class 5.9
- Kraus-McCarthy - class 5.9
- Sunshine - class 5.11
- Surf's Up (aka Southwest Ridge) - class 5.9
- Southeast Corner (aka Snowpatch Route) - class 5.8
Gallery edit
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Northeast aspect -
Snowpatch Spire seen from Bugaboo Spire -
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Howser Spire (upper left), Snowpatch Spire (left of center), Bugaboo Spire (upper right), Eastpost Spire (lower right). Camera pointed west. -
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Anniversary Peak (left), Hound's Tooth/Marmolata Spire (centered) in Bugaboo Glacier, and Snowpatch Spire (right). East aspect as viewed from Bugaboo Lodge.
References edit
- ^ "Snowpatch Spire, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ a b c "Snowpatch Spire, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ a b "Snowpatch Spire". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ a b Mary Caperton Morton (2017), Aerial Geology; A High-Altitude Tour of North America's Spectacular Volcanoes, Canyons, Glaciers, Lakes, Craters, and Peaks, Timber Press, ISBN 9781604698350, p. 42
- ^ Bedayan, Raffi (1941). A Bugaboo No Longer. American Alpine Journal Vol. 4, p. 219 (1941). Retrieved from http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12194121900/A-Bugaboo-No-Longer.
- ^ "Snowpatch Spire - 10,006' BC". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ^ "Snowpatch Spire". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Snowpatch Spire Rock Climbing, Mountainproject.com". Retrieved 2023-02-05.
External links edit
- "Snowpatch Spire". Bivouac.com.
- Snowpatch Spire weather: Mountain-forecast.com
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