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Snowpatch Spire

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Topo map
  
NTS 82K/10

Easiest route
  
5.6, long

First ascent
  
1940

Province
  
British Columbia

Mountain type
  
Granite

Elevation
  
3,084 m

Prominence
  
284 m

Snowpatch Spire httpssquamishclimbingsourcefileswordpresscom

Location
  
British Columbia, Canada

Mountain range
  
Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains

Parent ranges
  
Purcell Mountains, Regional District of East Kootenay

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

With its first ascent in 1940, Snowpatch Spire mountain peak was the last of the Bugaboo Spires to be climbed. It is located South-West of the Conrad Kain hut, across the Crescent Glacier.

Contents

Map of Snowpatch Spire, Columbia-Shuswap A, BC, Canada

Routes

  • Wildflowers
  • Kraus McCarthy
  • Sunshine
  • Surf's Up! (aka Southwest Ridge)
  • Southeast Corner (aka Snowpatch Route)

    • Nearby

  • Conrad Kain hut
  • Bugaboo Spire
  • Pigeon Spire
  • Howser Spire
  • Marmolata Spire

    • References

    Snowpatch Spire Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA