Crescent Spire, The Bugaboos
Crescent Spire
Highest point
Elevation2,842 m (9,324 ft)[1]
Prominence92 m (302 ft)[1]
Coordinates50°45′01″N 116°46′38″W / 50.75028°N 116.77722°W / 50.75028; -116.77722[1]
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
DistrictKootenay Land District
Parent rangePurcell Mountains, Columbia Mountains
Topo mapNTS 82K10 Howser Creek
Geology
Mountain typeGranite
Climbing
First ascentJune 1933 Conrad Kain; J. Thorington[1]

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.[1]

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Crescent Spire". bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.


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