Bugaboo Spire

#1032 among destinations in Canada

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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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. ()

First ascent: 1916Elevation: 10512 ftProminence: 1437 ftCoordinates: 50°44'45"N, 116°47'20"W

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British ColumbiaCanada

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Bugaboo Spire – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Howser Spire, Crescent Towers, Crescent Spire, Snowpatch Spire.

1.5 miSW
Mountain
Howser Spire, Bugaboo Provincial Park
40 min walk • Howser Spire, or Howser Spire Massif, is a group of three distinct granite peaks, and the highest mountain of the Canadian Bugaboo Spires.
0.6 miNE
Mountain
Crescent Towers, Bugaboo Provincial Park
16 min walk • Crescent Towers are towers just east of Crescent Spire and south of Eastpost Spire in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada.
0.6 miNE
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Crescent Spire, Bugaboo Provincial Park
16 min walk • 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.
0.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Snowpatch Spire
19 min walk • Snowpatch Spire is a mountain peak in British Columbia, Canada. With its first ascent in 1940, it was the last of the Bugaboo Spires to be climbed. It is located southwest of the Conrad Kain hut, across the Crescent Glacier.
1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Eastpost Spire
26 min walk • Eastpost Spire is a peak in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Eastpost Spire lies just to the East of Bugaboo and Snowpatch Spires.
~0 ftN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
The Bugaboos
1 min walk • The Bugaboos are a mountain range in the Purcell Mountains of eastern British Columbia, Canada. The granite spires of the group are a popular mountaineering destination. The Bugaboos are protected within Bugaboo Provincial Park.
1.2 miNE
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Brenta Spire, Bugaboo Provincial Park
32 min walk • Brenta Spire is a peak in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Brenta Spire is the highest and middle of the three granite spires on a cirque west of Cobalt Lake.