*** Welcome to piglix ***

Bugaboo Spire

Bugaboo Spire
Bugaboo Spire in the Bugaboos, Bugaboo Provincial Park, Canadian Rockies, August 2006.jpg
Bugaboo Spire in the Bugaboos
Highest point
Elevation 3,204 m (10,512 ft) 
Prominence 438 m (1,437 ft) 
Coordinates 50°44′44″N 116°47′20″W / 50.74556°N 116.78889°W / 50.74556; -116.78889Coordinates: 50°44′44″N 116°47′20″W / 50.74556°N 116.78889°W / 50.74556; -116.78889
Geography
Bugaboo Spire is located in British Columbia
Bugaboo Spire
Bugaboo Spire
Parent range Purcell Mountains, East Kootenay
Topo map NTS 82K/10
Geology
Mountain type Granite
Climbing
First ascent 1916 Conrad Kain; Albert MacCarthy (), Bess MacCarthy and John Vincent
Easiest route PD+, 5.6

Perhaps the most impressive peak in the Bugaboos, Bugaboo Spire sits between the Vowell and Crescent glaciers, just under 2 km West of the ACC's Conrad Kain hut. It has some of the most spectacular alpine climbing in Canada.

The Spire was first climbed by Conrad Kain in 1916.


...
Wikipedia

...