Snowpatch Spire British Columbia . Value: 9
Height: 3084 m (10118 ft) Prominence: 284 m
Line Parent: Pigeon Spire (1 km away, at bearing 228 degrees)
Location: 50:44:11-116:46:56 50.73639-116.78222 11U 515368 5620534 NAD27: 11U 515369 5620315
NTS Map: 082.K.10 (34 km SW of Spillimacheen).
Name Status: Official
Regions: Continental Columbia / Purcell / Bugaboos
First Ascent: 1940 J. Arnold; R. Bedayn
| A spectacular brown granite tower surrounded by three glaciers, the Bugaboo Glacier to the south, the Vowell Glacier to the west, and the Crescent Glacier to the north. It's located 1 km southwest of the Conrad Kain hut. Snowpatch was the last of the Bugaboo Spires to be climbed. All routes require technical climbing, Class 5.6 or up. Its steep rock faces drop down about 500 m on all sides. | | Route Summaries exist for this mountain, but are only available to paid members. Become a paid member now. |
| Trip Reports
45 KMC 2005 Climbing Camp - The Vowells Doug Brown (Nelson)
38 Snowpatch Spire, "Snowpatch Route" Route Michael Stanton
37 Bugaboo Northeast Ridge Route Mike Warren
20 Bugaboo Spire - Kain route Drew Brayshaw
17 Pigeon Spire - West Ridge Route Toby Johnson
12 Bugaboo Spire NE Ridge and Summit Ridge Traverse Route Toby Johnson Subject Trips
Snowpatch Spire, "Snowpatch Route"Topo Maps Nearby Lodge
Conrad Kain Hut | Subject Photos View Thumbnails
14 Sunrise on Snowpatch Spire Michael Stanton
13 Snowpatch Spire - West Face - Afternoon Alex Joseph
13 Snowpatch - Northeast Face Doug Brown (Nelson)
10 Surf's Up! - Snowpatch Spire Andrew Rennie
10 Snowpatch Spire from Kain Descent Mike Warren
8 Snowpatch Spire, Bugaboo Spire, Snowpatch-Bugaboo Col Panorama Alex Joseph
8 Snowpatch at Sunrise David Begg
8 Snowpatch Spire Southwest Face John Scurlock
7 Snowpatch Spire - East Face Alex Joseph
5 Snowpatch spire: the Patch Kyle Martens
5 Snowpatch Spire - North Face Pierre Signore
4 Snowpatch from the Northeast Rick Collier
4 Sunshine Crack Ulysse Richard
4 Snowpatch Spire Hans Bauck
4 Snowpatch Spire - East Face Pierre Signore
3 Snowpatch Spire Eric DahlbergPlacename Photos
21 The Bugaboos and the Vowell Glacier Doug Brown (Nelson)
13 The Bugs: A View Northwest from the Catamount Stephen Skog
7 Looking West to the Bugaboos from Frenchman Mountain Dan Richardson
6 Helicopter Rescue in the Bugaboos Hans Bauck
6 The Bugaboos from Brenta Spire Paul Baker
5 Trail to the Kain Hut Pierre Signore | Readers of this Page| 2009.05 | 2009.06 | 2009.07 | 2009.08 | 2009.09 | 2009.10 | 2009.11 | 2009.12 | 2010.01 | 2010.02 | 2010.03 | 2010.04 | 2010.05 | 2010.06 | 2010.07 | Total | | 49 | 33 | 43 | 33 | 49 | 33 | 40 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 41 | 43 | 38 | 25 | 33 | 546 |
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