Crescent Spire, Bugaboo Provincial Park

#4 among attractions in Bugaboo Provincial Park

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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. ()

Coordinates: 50°45'2"N, 116°46'38"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Crescent Towers, Snowpatch Spire, Eastpost Spire, The Bugaboos.

~50 ftS
Mountain
Crescent Towers, Bugaboo Provincial Park
1 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.
1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Snowpatch Spire
26 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.
0.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Eastpost Spire
16 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.
0.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
The Bugaboos
16 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.
0.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bugaboo Spire
16 min walk • 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.
0.7 miN
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Brenta Spire, Bugaboo Provincial Park
18 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.