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Crescent Spire

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Prominence
  
92 m (302 ft)

Mountain type
  
Granite

Province
  
British Columbia

Topo map
  
NTS 82K/10

Elevation
  
2,842 m

Crescent Spire

Location
  
British Columbia, Canada

Parent range
  
Purcell Mountains, Columbia Mountains

First ascent
  
June 1933 Conrad Kain; J. Thorington

Mountain range
  
Purcell Mountains, Columbia Mountains

Similar
  
Eastpost Spire, Bugaboo Spire, Pigeon Spire, Snowpatch Spire, Mount Sir Donald

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Crescent Spire is a peak in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Crescent Spire was named in 1933 by James Monroe Thorington because he was impressed with its shape.

Contents

Map of Crescent Spire, East Kootenay G, BC, Canada

Climbing crescent spire in the bugaboos


Routes

  • West Ridge 5.4 / 180m
  • WIMTA 5.10- / 5 pitches
  • Clean and Dirty 5.10 / 6 pitches
  • Paddle Flake Direct 5.10 / 6 pitches
  • Paddle Flake 5.10 / 6 pitches
  • Left Dihedral 5.11 / 6 pitches
  • Westside Story 5.11 / 6 pitches
  • Roof McTech 5.10+ / 2 pitches
  • Energy Crisis 5.11+ / 2 pitches
  • McTech Arete 5.10- / 6 pitches
  • Mc Tech Direct 5.10 / 6 pitches
  • Woza Moya / 5.10- / 6 pitches
  • Dunlop's Dangle 5.10- / 6 pitches
  • Surprisingly Subsevere 5.10 / 6 pitches
  • Northeast Ridge 5.6 / 300m

    • References

    Crescent Spire Wikipedia
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